Constitutional amendment Focus on whether to proceed to concrete discussions at the ordinary Diet session convened this month

Regarding the constitutional amendment, in addition to the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party, the Nippon Ishin no Kai and others are positive about discussions and demand that discussions be made on a theme-by-theme basis, while the Constitutional Democratic Party and others have shown a cautious stance this month. The focus is on whether discussions will proceed to specific themes at the ordinary Diet session that is convened.

Regarding the constitutional amendment, Prime Minister Kishida has expressed his desire to energetically discuss in the Diet, and during the extraordinary Diet session in December, during the two-week session, free discussions were held by each party at the Constitutional Research Committee of the House of Representatives. I was.

The Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party should hold a review meeting once a week on a regular day even in the ordinary session of the Diet, which will be convened this month, to proceed with discussions.

In addition, the Nippon Ishin no Kai and the Democratic Party for the People, who increased the number of seats in the previous House of Representatives election, also showed a positive attitude toward discussions, and together with the ruling party, proceed with discussions on each theme, such as responding to emergencies based on the new corona. We are asking you to set up a subcommittee for this.

On the other hand, the Constitutional Democratic Party responds to necessary discussions from the standpoint of "constitutional", but says that discussions such as advertising restrictions when conducting referendums should be prioritized rather than constitutional amendment.

And with the Communist Party, which opposes the constitutional amendment, he is cautious about setting up a subcommittee.

For this reason, in the ordinary Diet session, the focus will be on whether or not discussions will proceed to the specific themes of constitutional amendment, including the establishment of subcommittees, while the House of Councilors election in the summer is on the horizon.