Decline of application for extension of the session Decline of disapproval of the cabinet No submission to the Diet Closed on December 9 at 14:53
On the 9th of the National Assembly, the opposition party applied for an extension of the session, but was rejected by the majority against the ruling party. On the other hand, the opposition party will forego the submission of the cabinet distrust resolution and the Diet will be closed.
The 40-day session extension requested by the opposition party was consulted by the House of Representatives Steering Committee in the afternoon.
The opposition party insisted on the need to extend over the “Cherry Blossom Viewing Party” as it was necessary to hear explanation from Prime Minister Abe, but as a result of the vote, it was rejected by the majority against the ruling party side It was.
Meanwhile, the Liberal Democratic Party Chairman Moriyama National Assembly and the Constitutional Democratic Party Chairman of the Azumi Diet have intermittently discussed responses at the end of the session.
It was agreed that the chairman of the House of Representatives Oshima would report on the circumstances that did not extend the session, hold a board meeting at the Cabinet Committee during the closing session, and receive an explanation from the government about the “Meeting of Cherry Blossoms”. did.
In response to this, Mr. Yasuzumi told Mr. Moriyama that he had not accepted the resolution of distrust to the Abe Cabinet, saying that the opposition party's arguments were accepted to some extent.
Mr. Yasuzumi told reporters that during the closing session, the Board of Directors of the Cabinet Committee would have a de facto question and the conditions were met, so no resolution for distrust of the cabinet was submitted.
On the other hand, Mr. Moriyama said, “We will report on the“ Cherry Blossom Viewing Meeting ”to the Board of Directors of the Cabinet Committee.”
After this, the House of Representatives held a plenary session and proceeded with procedures for continuing deliberation of bills that did not come into effect, such as revisions to the referendum law, and the Diet was closed.