In response to rising prices and the corona wreck, the Communist Party's countermeasures headquarters was opened, and Secretary General Koike expressed his intention to ask the government to reduce the consumption tax rate to 5% as an urgent measure.
At the first meeting of the Countermeasures Headquarters held in the Diet, Secretary General Koike, who is the head of the headquarters, said, "The emergency measures that the government is considering will be limited to the reserve fund of 5 trillion yen for this year's budget. It's completely inadequate. We need to take measures, including the formulation of a supplementary budget. "
In addition, he expressed his intention to ask the government to reduce the consumption tax rate to 5%, expand support for people in need, and stop reducing the amount of public pension payments as an urgent measure. I did.
In addition, the Countermeasures Headquarters said that the rise in prices was affected by the large-scale monetary easing that had been promoted under the economic policy "Abenomics" of former Prime Minister Abe. We have confirmed the policy of appealing the necessity of.