With the spread of the new coronavirus, discussions on online deliberation have begun in the Diet, and the actual online deliberation was actually held by the municipal council, which has already been approved for use by the committee. It turned out to be only 2%.
Discussions on online deliberation began this week in the Diet, with parties exchanging opinions at the Constitutional Research Committee of the House of Representatives, but the local assembly has already approved deliberation by the committee.
Associate Professor Kazunori Kawamura of Tohoku University conducted a survey of 1741 municipal councils nationwide from December last year to last month on the current state of digitization, and received responses from 1514 councils, which is 87%.
According to this, 2% answered that "the committee was held online", "the necessary ordinances were revised but not held" and "discussion is proceeding in the direction of amending the ordinances" respectively. At 5%, 79% said, "There is currently no discussion about holding online."
Furthermore, when asked about issues related to digitization, including online deliberation, the most common answer was "financial resources," followed by "improvement of ICT literacy for members of the Diet." It became "information on advanced initiatives".
It is necessary to sit down and review the state of the parliament
Associate Professor Kawamura said, "The lack of online access will lead to a decline in the reputation of Congress because it seems that it will not reform. It is necessary to sit down and review the state of Congress in a crisis such as the Corona disaster. There is. "