In response to the amendment of the Public Offices Election Act enacted three years ago, where errors in the text were left unattended for more than two years, the amendment law that corrected the errors was passed and passed by a majority in plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 25th. ..

Last month, the House of Councilors Legal Affairs Bureau left the revised Public Offices Election Law, which was passed three years ago, for more than two years, despite an error in the description of penalties for requesting votes by e-mail. It became clear.



In response to this, the Liberal Democratic Party, which submitted the bill at that time, was resubmitting the amendment bill that corrected the mistake to the current Diet.



The amendment was passed at the House of Councilors plenary session on the 14th of this month, followed by a vote at the House of Representatives plenary session on the 25th, and was passed and passed by the majority of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, and the Communist Party.