The extraordinary Diet session, which will be the stage for the first full-scale debate after the previous House of Representatives election, will be convened on the 6th.
The government and the ruling party want to establish a supplementary budget for this year as soon as possible to support economic measures that include support measures for people affected by the new corona.
On the other hand, the opposition party is planning to take up the political stance of the Kishida administration by taking up how to spend the administrative expenses necessary for the benefit of 100,000 yen to those under the age of 18.
The 207th Extraordinary Diet Session will be convened on the 6th, and the session will last for 16 days until December 21st.
On the afternoon of the 6th, after the opening ceremony was held with His Majesty the Emperor, Prime Minister Kishida will give a speech at the plenary session of both Houses of Representatives.
Prime Minister Kishida has expressed his intention to respond meticulously and carefully to the new corona such as the new mutant virus "Omicron strain" and to realize bottom-up growth from the region to the whole country toward the realization of "new capitalism". I have decided.
The representative questions of each party will be asked in both houses of the Diet from the 8th to the 3rd.
In addition, the government has decided to submit to the Diet this year's supplementary budget to support economic measures on the 6th, and the budget committee is expected to start deliberation next week.
The government and the ruling party say that the supplementary budget includes measures to support the new corona, as well as expenses for supporting affected people and companies, and wants to steadily proceed with deliberation and establish it as soon as possible. is.
Opposition parties have taken up the fact that administrative expenses will increase by about 90 billion yen by dividing benefits equivalent to 100,000 yen for those under the age of 18 into cash and coupons, and measures for the border of the new corona, etc. It is a policy to correct the attitude.
For the first time since taking office, Prime Minister Kishida will engage in a full-scale debate with the opposition party at a question-and-answer type budget committee, while Izumi, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, is aiming to break away from the image of a party that is all about criticism. Therefore, it is expected that the focus will be on what kind of debate will be.