Declaration of emergency "Determining extension or decision within a few days" Opinion within the government

Declaration of emergency “Delay or decide within a few days” Opinion in the government April 23 5:49

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The government will carefully decide whether to extend the period of the emergency declaration until the 6th of next month, but within the government there will be a large impact on businesses refraining from business and school closures. Therefore, there is an opinion that a decision should be made a few days ago.

Two weeks have passed since the emergency declaration was issued based on the law, and Prime Minister Abe responded to the recommendation of the expert council, saying, "It is a situation in which more people's efforts are needed to reduce contact opportunities by 80%. I would like you to review the behavior once again and ask for your cooperation. "

In order to settle the emergency situation early, the government will make shopping at supermarkets as small as possible with a small number of people, and during the long holidays, stop returning to the parents' home and carry out “on-line homecoming” to talk by video call. , I'm going to ask for thorough refraining from going out.

In addition, the Minister of Economic Rehabilitation Nishimura, who is in charge of countermeasures against the new coronavirus, met with Governor Koike of Tokyo on the night of the 22nd, and when the prefectural governor takes stronger measures against business operators who do not respond to the request for cooperation for suspension of business. We communicated the idea of ​​formulating the guidelines and releasing them on the 23rd.

On the other hand, regarding the decision to cancel the declaration of emergency and extend the period until the 6th of next month, Minister Nishimura said, “No full-scale discussions have been held yet. I would like to consider the correspondence. "

The government will make a careful judgment while observing the transition of the infection situation, etc. However, the number of the deadline on the 6th of the next month is due to the large impact on the business owners' refraining from sales and school closures. There is an opinion that a decision should be made by the day.

When extending the declaration period, the opposition party requires Prime Minister Abe to attend and report to the House of Representatives Steering Committee of both Houses of Representatives, while the ruling party is responded by Prime Minister Nishimura and Prime Minister Abe. Will answer questions at the budget committees of the House of Representatives and Houses of Representatives that will open in the middle of next month, and the ruling and opposition parties will discuss it.