Constitutional Review Board of the House of Representatives End of investigations in four European countries September 28, 4:14
Concerning the constitutional amendment, the Constitutional Review Board of the House of Representatives has completed interviews on the consensus building process and referendum system in four European countries. In the future, the focus will be on whether discussions on the constitutional amendment will proceed at the extraordinary Diet session.
The House of Representatives of the House of Representatives visited four European countries last week to investigate the status of overseas constitutional revisions by members of the ruling and opposition parties.
Among them, in Germany, where the “Basic Law”, which is the constitution, was revised 63 times, we heard from experts about the process of consensus building.
In Ukraine, where the Constitution stipulates “Emergency Declaration,” we exchanged opinions on matters such as extending the term of office of members in the event of an emergency.
In addition, in Lithuania and Estonia, we interviewed about the situation under consideration of regulations such as Internet advertising accompanying referendum.
After a series of schedules, the ruling party ’s lead secretary Shindo and former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications said, “I realized that Japan should deepen the constitutional debate. I would like to continue discussions on what kind of constitutional amendment is necessary. "
On the other hand, the leader of the opposition party, Chairman of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Yamabana and Constitutional Research, said that it would be desirable to discuss advertising restrictions associated with the referendum in parallel with the proposed amendment to the referendum. The focus will be on whether discussions on the constitutional amendment will proceed in the extraordinary Diet session.