The Constitutional Research Committee of the House of Representatives stipulates in the Constitution that intensive discussions will be held on how to respond to emergencies, and that in the event of an emergency, certain authority will be concentrated on the government and the term of office of members of parliament will be extended. The parties exchanged views on whether it was necessary.
Yoshitaka Shindo of the Liberal Democratic Party said, "In the event of an emergency, it is necessary to concentrate certain authority on the government and take prompt and appropriate actions in order to protect the lives and property of the people. From the perspective of maintaining function, it is essential to extend the term of parliamentarians. "
Masaharu Nakagawa of the Constitutional Democratic Party said, "It is wrong to proceed with discussions aimed at concentrating power on the Prime Minister, and we will focus on how to guarantee basic human rights and prevent runaway and abuse of power. It should be. We should brush up the relevant laws and regulations, not the text of the Constitution. "
Mr. Yasushi Adachi of the Nippon Ishin no Kai said, "Of the issues related to emergencies, the extension of the term of parliament is generally the same, so the Constitutional Research Committee immediately summarized the conclusions and made the following issues. The Cabinet should deepen the discussion of an "emergency decree" that can establish a decree that has the same effect as the law without going through the deliberation of the Diet. "
Komeito's Kazuo Kitagawa said, "Even if it is an emergency, establishing a blank delegation'emergency government ordinance'system will lead to a waiver of the responsibility of the Diet. I disagree with the opinion, and the extension requires a constitutional amendment. "
Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People said, "In the absence of an emergency clause, it is dangerous that the constitutional rights can be restricted by the arbitrary exercise of power by the government under ambiguous rules. We should rush to discuss the term of office and create a provision for special extension. "
Seiken Akamine of the Communist Party said, "There is no situation where we have to change the constitution due to the corona disaster, and we are against proceeding with discussions on constitutional amendment. The Cabinet's" emergency decree "deprives the Diet of functions and abuses power. It is unacceptable because it suspends the separation of the three powers to prevent. "