The Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party will remove imprisonment for infected persons who refuse to be hospitalized and change criminal fines to administrative fines in amendments over amendments such as the Act on Special Measures Against Coronavirus. I agreed on that.
The Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party held amendment discussions by the chief directors of the House of Representatives Cabinet Committee and others over the amendment of the Act on Special Measures Against Coronavirus and the Infectious Diseases Act, but did not agree on the treatment of penalties. On the morning of the 28th, the chairpersons of the Diet measures of both parties met.
Among them, the Liberal Democratic Party's chairman of the Diet, Moriyama, said that the criminal punishment for infected people who refused to be hospitalized was "one year's imprisonment or a fine of one million yen or less". In addition to deleting it, he announced that he would change the fine to an administrative fine and reduce the amount.
In response, the Constitutional Democratic Party's Chairman of the Constitutional Democratic Party's Countermeasures Committee for the Constitutional Democratic Party also expressed his intention to accept it, and agreed to continue discussions on the specific amount of the fine.
In addition, at the meeting, if an emergency declaration is issued to a business operator who does not respond to an order to shorten business hours in the amendment of the Special Measures Law, it will be 500,000 yen or less, and "proliferation" before the declaration is issued. In the case of "priority measures such as prevention", it was agreed to reduce the fine of 300,000 yen or less, and the amount will be adjusted.
The two will meet again from 1:00 pm and hold final discussions for a final agreement.
Liberal Democratic Party Kuni Moriyama, Chairman "Efforts to reach an agreement today"
The Liberal Democratic Party's chairman of the National Assembly, Moriyama, told reporters, "There is also the idea that criminal punishment for infected people may not be familiar, and as a result of discussions with the government, it has settled down in the direction of revision. I want to do it. It's a very big issue and it requires procedures within the party, so I'd like to make further efforts to reach an agreement today as much as possible. "
Constitutional Democratic Party Chairman "Major progress in reducing fines"
The Constitutional Democratic Party's chairman of the Azumi National Assembly told reporters, "There were many opinions from experts that'criminal punishment is not necessary.' It was decided to withdraw everything. ”It was a big step forward to understand that no criminal punishment was needed. ".