The draft amendment to the Referendum Law, which stipulates the procedure for amending the Constitution, was made by the Constitutional Democratic Party of the House of Representatives after amending the referendum advertising restrictions required by the Constitutional Democratic Party. It was passed by the majority in favor of.
On the amendment of the National Referendum Law, Constitutional Democratic Party is, a policy of the advertising regulations of the referendum is that the "take action on the legislation in prospect three years after the enforcement" respond to the vote if incorporated into the By-Laws of the proposed amendments In response to the announcement, Secretary-General Nikai of the Liberal Democratic Party and Secretary-General Fukuyama of the Constitutional Democratic Party met in the Diet on the morning of the 6th.
Then, after amending it according to the proposal of the Constitutional Democratic Party, it was agreed that it would be approved within the current session of the Diet.
After that, a vote was taken by the Constitutional Review Board of the House of Representatives, and the amendment was amended and passed by the majority of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party for the People.
The Nippon Ishin no Kai agreed with the amendment, but opposed the amendment.
The Communist Party opposed both.
The amendment was approved at the upcoming plenary session of the House of Representatives and sent to the House of Councilors, and is expected to be approved approximately three years after it was submitted in 2018.