The House of Representatives Budget Committee held a board meeting, and after receiving an explanation from a person in charge of the Ministry of Finance about the details of the contingency expenditure, a question was asked.
Among them, the opposition party said, "It is strange to use the reserve fund for the new corona measures to promote tourism and support small and medium-sized enterprises. It should be included in the supplementary budget and deliberated by the Diet, which is against fiscal democracy." There were a lot of criticisms.
In addition, Hiroshi Ogushi of the Constitutional Democratic Party, who is the chief director of the opposition party, pointed out that the government plans to increase the reserve fund in this year's supplementary budget, saying that it is "big problem", and it was fulfilled by the budget committee. I asked for deliberation.
After the board meeting, Mr. Ogushi told reporters, "Prime Minister Kishida is using the reserve fund for the new corona measures as a free wallet for the pre-election of the House of Councilors where the Diet cannot be involved. It is an extremely powerful method that the Kan administration did not do, and we will pursue it rigorously. "