Education Representative Maehara said that the Democratic Party of Japan is collaborating with the ruling party over the "trigger clause" The trigger clause suspends the taxation of the additional portion of gasoline tax. The Democratic Party, which has been calling for the lifting of the freeze on the trigger clause, decided on the 7th to withdraw from the talks with the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito, stating that they do not expect any progress towards achieving the goal.
"I think we need to take some precautions since we said we would take the risk,'' said Tamaki, expressing his belief that responsibility should be taken.