Announcement of cancellation of the “Cherry Blossom Viewing Party” The opposition party continues to pursue 6:33 on November 14

The government decided to cancel the next year's holding over the "Meeting of Cherry Blossoms" hosted by the Prime Minister, considering the overall review, but the opposition party said that accountability was still not fulfilled It is a policy to continue to pursue.

Participants and spending are increasing year by year for the “Cherry Blossom Viewing Party” hosted by the Prime Minister every year, and the opposition party has been invited by Prime Minister Abe ’s supporters , "It's a personalization of a public event."

Under these circumstances, the secretary of the secretary of the secretariat attended the press conference on the 13th, and in addition to the interior of the official residence such as the prime minister, the vice prime minister, and the chief of the secretary, the cabinet secretariat organized the invitees as invitees to the ruling party. After clarifying that the request was recommended, we decided to clarify the criteria for invitees in the future, and announced the cancellation of next year's event to consider a general review, including reducing the number and budget Did.

On this night, Prime Minister Abe said, “I decided to cancel it at my discretion.”

The government official explained that the reason for the cancellation was “If the transparency is not increased, the people would not be convinced,” and the Liberal Democratic Party chairman, Kishida, founded that the decision was made comprehensively by the government. I hope to respond appropriately. "

In addition to promptly deciding to cancel next year, the government and the ruling party want to minimize the impact on parliamentary deliberation by making the selection process for invitees more transparent and aiming for an early convergence of the situation. is.

The Constitutional Democratic Party's chairman of the National Assembly for the Residents' National Assembly said, “We will thoroughly pursue the fact that we have rejected the event.

The opposition party is also asking Prime Minister Abe to explain directly to the Diet how the accounting process of the past holdings and the social gathering of the supporters' meeting held in Tokyo the night before was conducted. We will continue to pursue this policy.