The Constitutional Research Committee of the House of Representatives was held to discuss the National Voting Law of each party.
The Constitutional Democratic Party argued that it was necessary to put in place advertising restrictions such as the Internet, while the LDP acknowledged that a referendum on constitutional amendment would be possible without a review.
At the examination committee, Mr. Soichiro Okuno of the Constitutional Democratic Party said about the national voting law that stipulates the procedure for constitutional amendment, "We did not anticipate 10 years before the law was enacted, such as the information war on SNS even in the war in Ukraine. The situation should not be distorted by the inadequacy of the system and reflected in the voting results. "
He pointed out that "if we are going to amend the constitution, we must not reflect the will of the people fairly and fairly," and insisted that it is necessary to establish advertising restrictions such as the Internet.
On the other hand, Mr. Yoshitaka Shindo of the Liberal Democratic Party said, "The problem of CM regulation is that it is necessary to sort out the roles of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters and commercial broadcasters, which are the recipients of advertisements, and the political parties of the issuers. How to balance a fair and just referendum based on that, "he said, showing a positive attitude toward the discussion.
On the other hand, he acknowledged that the referendum for constitutional amendment is possible even with the current law, saying that "the examination and results of the revision of the referendum law do not impose legal restrictions on the proposal for constitutional amendment." Shown.
In addition, both the ruling and opposition parties commented that with the development of the digital society, how to protect democracy and how to regulate online advertising should be discussed one after another.