reconfiguring

小沢元代表が無罪を勝ちとりました。reconfiguringの意味はいいでしょう？「再編（成）」ですね。これにより民主党内では息を吹き返した小沢派が派の体制固めに乗り出し、「小沢氏党員停止処分解除」→「消費税法案反対」→「代表者選出馬」という流れが加速化することになるでしょう。（UG）

Tokyo (CNN) -- A Japanese court on Thursday found one of the country's most influential politicians not guilty of participating in a funding scandal, reconfiguring the balance of power in the governing party.

The Tokyo District Court acquitted Ichiro Ozawa -- nicknamed the "Shadow Shogun" for his political power-broking -- of falsifying a funding report.

Ozawa, who was forced to resign as head of the governing Democratic Party of Japan in 2009 because of the scandal, is now in a position to reassert his considerable clout within the party.
He opposes Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's plans to double the sales tax, a controversial measure aimed at tackling Japan's huge public debt.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/26/world/asia/japan-ozawa-verdict/index.html?hpt=ias_c2