Constitutional review meeting of the House of Representatives Prospects to continue discussions on the ruling opposition party 20 October 4:00

While the ruling party wants to hold the Constitutional Examination Committee of the House of Representatives early and vote on the amendment to the referendum law, the opposition party said that the Agency for Cultural Affairs will not grant subsidies to the International Art Festival in Aichi Prefecture. Discussions are expected to continue, with a policy of requesting that decisions be prioritized.

The Liberal Democratic Party held a large-scale rally on the 18th on the constitutional amendment, and Prime Minister Abe said in a video message, “We invite each party to bring a proposal to the opposition party, and have a lively discussion meeting the public's expectations at the constitution review committee. I said.

The ruling party wants to hold a constitutional review meeting in the House of Representatives early and report on an overseas inspection conducted in late last month. Proposal to the opposition party.

On the other hand, the Constitutional Democratic Party and other opposition parties were guaranteed by the Constitution that the Agency for Cultural Affairs decided not to grant subsidies for the Aichi International Art Festival, which had been decided to be adopted, for reasons such as application procedures. Our policy is to ask for priority discussion as it leads to the restriction of “freedom of expression”.

The members of the opposition party of the constitutional review board are considering visiting Aichi prefecture in the middle of this week to meet with the relevant parties, and then telling the ruling party that they want to discuss the schedule of the review meeting. The discussion is expected to continue.