Regarding the party leader debate between Prime Minister Suga and the leader of the opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party, the chairman of the House of Councilors, have met and agreed to hold it on the 9th of next month.
The party leader debate will be held for the first time in about two years, and for the first time since the inauguration of the Suga Cabinet.
With the end of the Diet approaching the 16th of next month, opposition parties such as the Constitutional Democratic Party are calling for a party leader debate between Prime Minister Suga and the opposition leader, and the Liberal Democratic Party has announced on the 26th that it will consider positively. I did.
Under these circumstances, on the morning of the 27th, the Liberal Democratic Party's Chairman of the House of Councilors Suematsu and the Constitutional Democratic Party's Chairman of the House of Councilors Namba's Diet measures met in the Diet and agreed to hold a party leader debate from 4 pm on the 9th of next month. did.
The party leaders' debate will be held for the first time in about two years since June, and it will be the first time since the inauguration of the Suga Cabinet, and it is expected that there will be debates about the measures against the new coronavirus and the pros and cons of holding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
In addition, Mr. Suematsu and Mr. Namba agreed to hold the House of Councilors Settlement Committee on the 7th of next month, in which Prime Minister Suga and all ministers will attend and ask questions about the settlement of accounts of the country in the first year of Reiwa. ..