In the Diet, amendments such as the Act on Special Measures for New Coronavirus are expected to pass the House of Representatives on the 1st, and after deliberation in the House of Councilors, will be passed on the 3rd.
Meanwhile, the budget for the new fiscal year is expected to begin deliberation later this week, and the state of emergency will be declared on the 7th of the weekend, and the ruling and opposition parties will begin full-scale debate.
Last week, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party formally agreed to amend the Act on Special Measures for New Coronavirus and the Infectious Diseases Act, including removing criminal penalties for infected persons who refused to be hospitalized. It was deliberated in the House of Representatives.
The amendment is expected to be passed by a majority of the members of the House of Representatives, after questions such as a joint examination committee with the Welfare and Labor Committee being held on the 1st.
Then, it will be immediately submitted to the plenary session, passed through the House of Representatives within one day, and after deliberation in the House of Councilors, it is expected to be approved on the 3rd.
On the other hand, from the latter half of this week, deliberation on the budget bill for the new fiscal year = Reiwa 3 fiscal year, when the total amount of the general account will reach a record high of 106 trillion yen, is expected to begin.
The ruling party said that it is necessary to seamlessly execute the budget for measures against the new coronavirus and the recovery of the economy together with the third supplementary budget for this year, which was established last week, and is steadily deliberating with the aim of establishing it within the year. I want to proceed.
On the other hand, the opposition party is planning to request a review because the budget plan is prepared before the state of emergency is declared and the support measures for medical sites and businesses are insufficient, and the deadline for the declaration is 7 on weekends. With the day ahead, the debate between the ruling and opposition parties will begin in earnest.