In response to the incident surrounding a faction's political funding party, a draft interim report that is being considered by the Liberal Democratic Party's Political Reform Headquarters has been revealed.
As for factions, they have said they will ``completely break away from money and personnel affairs,'' and have banned political funding parties and closed their offices.
The Liberal Democratic Party plans to decide on an interim report from its ``Political Reform Headquarters'' on the 25th in response to the incident involving a faction's political funding party, and the plan was revealed.
According to the document, it begins by stating that ``The Liberal Democratic Party sincerely regrets the incident and deeply apologizes to the people, and we will seek clear accountability from those involved as well as a conclusion regarding the nature of political responsibility.'' doing.
In order to increase the transparency of political funding, the party
plans to require external audits to be submitted to factions' income and expenditure reports, and to revise party rules so that members can be punished if the accounting officer is arrested or indicted. .
In addition, income from political funding parties for members of the Diet will basically be transferred to banks, and income and expenditure reports will be submitted online.
We will hold sincere discussions with each party and promptly enact necessary legislation, such as amending the Political Funds Regulation Act, to improve the transparency and openness of political funds, and how arrested politicians should be compensated.
On the other hand, he explained that the faction will be completely separated from money and personnel matters and reborn as a proper "policy group." As for concrete measures,
▽ banning parties for political funding, and ▽ ▽ that members of parliament through the faction in winter and summer. In addition to abolishing the so-called ``Mochiyo'' and ``Iyoyo,'' which distribute activity funds to members of the party, the party will close its office and operate from the party headquarters.
Furthermore, there will be no lobbying or consultation regarding personnel matters, and if a violation of the Political Funds Control Act is revealed, the party will investigate and, depending on the case, will request dissolution or suspension of activities for a certain period of time. .
The party's headquarters will hold a meeting for all members on the 23rd to hold final discussions.
On the other hand, the party's third faction, the Motegi faction, which had been attracting attention as to whether the faction would be disbanded, announced that its chairman, Secretary-General Motegi, would continue to exist and communicated this to related parties.