Prosecutors' Office law amendment over 4 opposition party leaders also posted video and criticized May 11 5:50
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The prosecutor's office is being retired, and the leaders of the four opposition parties have also posted messages in response to a series of protest postings on Twitter over the proposed revision of the prosecutor's office law, and repeatedly revised the law. Criticized. On the other hand, the government and the ruling party would like to pass the House of Representatives this week, saying that abuse of extension of retirement age is prevented.
A revision of the Public Prosecutor's Office Law, which allows the prosecutor's retirement age to be 65 years old and allows the extension of the retirement age to a maximum of 3 years if the Cabinet approves, is being discussed by the House of Representatives Cabinet Committee. A series of protest posts including celebrities such as director Yamon Miyamoto and actor Arata Iura.
In response to this, the leaders of the four constitutional Democratic Party, National Democratic Party, Communist Party, and Social Democratic Party also posted video messages on the night of the 10th.
Of these, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Edano, said, "If the administration of the time can exert influence on the personnel of the prosecution, constitutionalism will be destroyed."
The government and the ruling party intend to pass the amendment bill to the House of Representatives this week, and hope that it will be approved by the current Diet, saying that abuse can be prevented by clearly indicating in advance the reason why the retirement age can be extended.