On the 16th, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will hold a meeting of the "Political Reform Headquarters" for all members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to discuss factional reforms and other issues. On the other hand, the Abe faction is making adjustments in the direction of revising the income and expenditure report, and there are calls for the executives to explain the background and future responses.
In response to the issue of political funding parties by factions of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Kishida held individual meetings with Deputy Governor Aso, who serves as a top adviser to the Political Reform Headquarters, and former Prime Minister Suga on the 15th to exchange opinions.
On the 16th, Prime Minister Kishida will attend a meeting for all members of the House of Representatives, and discussions will be held on factional reforms and other matters.
The government intends to make an interim report before the convening of the ordinary session of the Diet scheduled for the 26th of this month.
On the other hand, it is known that several members of the Abe faction who are members of the headquarters are suspected of receiving kickbacks from party ticket revenues from the faction and not reporting them in the political fund balance report.
The Abe faction is coordinating to correct the income and expenditure reports of the faction and its members in light of the progress of the prosecutor's investigation, and is rushing to confirm the amount of kickbacks.
In addition, in response to this problem, there are opinions within the faction that "executives should take responsibility and replace them" and "dismantling is unavoidable."
In addition, there are calls for executives, especially mid-level and young employees, to explain the history of the past and future responses.