Partial appointment of members of the Science Council of Japan is postponed.

Partial appointment of members of the Science Council of Japan is postponed. The leaders of the four opposition parties agree in pursuit. October 2, 0:07

The leaders of four opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party, met and Prime Minister Suga postponed the appointment of some of the new members recommended by the Science Council of Japan, saying that it threatened academic freedom and violated the Constitution. We agreed on a policy of cooperating with each other and pursuing it in the Diet.

The meeting held at a hotel in Tokyo was attended by Mr. Edano, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Mr. Shii, the chairman of the Communist Party, Mr. Tamaki, the representative of the Democratic Party for the People, and Fukushima, the leader of the Social Democratic Party.

Among them, the leaders of each party said that Prime Minister Suga had forgotten the appointment of some of the new members recommended by the Science Council of Japan. "The intention of the conference has been respected so far, and this response Threatens academic freedom and violates the Constitution. "

Then, the four opposition parties agreed to work together to pursue the closing examination scheduled for next week at both Houses of Representatives and the circumstances and facts that the appointment was postponed at the extraordinary Diet session in the future.