Review of the government's "Cherry Blossom Viewing Committee" Conclusions by summer About 6:48 on January 5
The government will review the invitation criteria and the storage period of the invitation list, following the criticism that the number of participants and budget expenditures have continued to increase year by year over the “Cherry Blossom Viewing Party” hosted by the Prime Minister. I want to make a certain conclusion by summer.
The government has been accused of seeing the “Cherry Blossom Viewing Party” as the number of participants and budget expenditures continue to increase year by year, and that many people have been invited from Prime Minister Abe's local supporters' meeting. Based on the above, we will make a general review of the invitation criteria and the number of invitees.
Regarding the invitation criteria, it is pointed out that the scope of the "Sakura Watching Party" is ambiguous because it includes "royal family members, ministers, members of the Diet, and other" representatives of other fields ". From now on, it is expected that consideration will be given in the direction of setting clearer standards.
In addition, regarding the list of invitees that were discarded as documents with a retention period of less than one year after the end of the meeting, the government will consider extending the retention period, and will carefully judge how long the retention period is appropriate. It is a policy to do.
The government has begun a concrete study around the spring and hopes to reach a certain conclusion by the summer.