Prime Minister Abe's idea of accelerating digitization of administrative procedures House of Representatives Budget Committee June 9 12:17
The second supplementary budget proposal for the new coronavirus countermeasures began to be deliberated on the 9th by the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives. Prime Minister Abe has shown the idea of accelerating the digitization of administrative procedures, based on the lessons learned from the government and local governments regarding the series of responses.
LDP Yamagiwa Digital Government
Daishiro Yamagiwa of the Liberal Democratic Party said, “There were various social issues and vulnerabilities due to the new coronavirus infection. Especially, there were stumbling blocks on the online application and the turmoil of the administrative office, and the people received considerable scolding. The society beyond the corona infectious disease must naturally be a digital government," he said.
In response to this, Prime Minister Abe said, "Although the stakeholders, including local governments, are doing their utmost, the public's voice that they want it to be done sooner must be taken seriously. It is important for us to do so, and in light of this lesson, we would like to further accelerate the digitization of all administrations."
Komei Ishii Acting Secretary-General Medical Care System
“The majority of people are worried about the second and third waves of full-scale infections in the future.” In addition to strengthening, we must make every effort to establish early treatment methods and develop vaccines.”
In response to this, Prime Minister Abe said, "In cooperation with prefectures, we will greatly strengthen support for medical institutions that accept infected people, and strongly support other medical institutions with infection prevention measures. We would like to expedite the enhancement of test capabilities by utilizing antigen tests and the expansion of sample collection systems by using saliva, etc. Then, deliver therapeutic drugs and vaccines that have been confirmed to be effective and safe to the public as soon as possible. I want to do it."
Resident Eda representative Sustainable benefit payment
Representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Mr. Edano, said that the target of the sustained benefit payment is the business whose sales have decreased by 50% or more from the same month of last year. Is 30% or half a year. It is expected that this situation will continue for about half a year, so it is necessary to revise the standard of 50%."
On the other hand, Prime Minister Abe said, "I would like to provide benefits to as many businesses as possible, but I decided to support it because the sales are halved. We have a one-year grace period to pay social insurance and social insurance, and have a virtually interest-free loan system to support business continuity."
In addition, Prime Minister Abe indicated that he would verify a series of government actions after the spread of the new coronavirus infection has stopped.