Liberal Democratic Party executive department plans to expedite concrete consideration of punishment of related members of political funding issue. We do not want to impose a uniform punishment on the affected members, but we would like to take the strictest possible response to the faction leaders, considering the weight of their responsibility.
Prime Minister Kishida announced on the 17th at the Liberal Democratic Party's convention that he had instructed Secretary-General Motegi to come to a conclusion regarding the punishment of the members involved. Opposition parties such as the Constitutional Democratic Party repeatedly called for witnesses to be subpoenaed.