While each party exchanged opinions at the Constitutional Research Committee of the House of Representatives over the realization of online parliamentary deliberation following the spread of the new corona, the Liberal Democratic Party insisted that discussions should proceed while listening to the opinions of experts. , The Constitutional Democratic Party and others have argued that it should be realized as soon as possible by interpreting the Constitution.
At the beginning of the House of Representatives Constitutional Research Committee, the Commissioner General of the Legal Affairs Bureau of the House of Representatives introduced the constitutional provisions regarding the attendance of members of the Diet. , Explained that there is an interpretation that it is the same as attendance even if you are not in the House of Representatives due to the use of IT technology.
After that, each party expressed its opinion, and while the LDP needs to amend the constitution to position emergency response, it is specialized in whether to enable online deliberation in the event of an infectious disease spread. He insisted that the discussion should proceed while listening to the opinions of the house.
In response, the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Komeito Party have argued that online deliberation is possible without amending the Constitution, and that a new interpretation of the Constitution should be swiftly concluded.
On the other hand, the Nippon Ishin no Kai expressed the idea that although online deliberation is exceptionally tolerated, an emergency clause should be included in the Constitution after that.
In addition, at the secretariat meeting held prior to this, the ruling party proposed that it would like to ask questions about reference people next week, and will continue discussions.