Parliamentary Constitutional Debate More active than usual Focusing on concrete progress during the session

On the 3rd of the Constitution Memorial Day, the Constitution of Japan celebrated its 75th anniversary.

In the Diet, discussions related to the Constitution, such as online deliberation and emergency response, are being held more actively than usual, and the focus is on how far the discussions on constitutional amendment will proceed within the session until next month ahead of the Upper House election. ..

Regarding the constitutional debate in the Diet, in addition to the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party, the Nippon Ishin no Kai and the Democratic Party for the People have shown a positive attitude, and the Constitutional Research Committee of the House of Representatives has been held almost every week since February.

In this, discussions were held on online parliamentary deliberation based on the spread of the new corona infection, and in March, a report was compiled stating that "there were many opinions that an exceptional realization was possible by interpreting the Constitution." I did.

Even after that, discussions related to the Constitution, such as the extension of the term of parliamentarians to maintain the function of the Diet in an emergency such as a large-scale disaster, and the ideal way of advertising restrictions when conducting a referendum on constitutional amendment, are more active than usual. It is done.

The Liberal Democratic Party welcomed this trend and aims to discuss more specific items after the Golden Week holidays, especially considering the situation in Ukraine and the situation in North Korea, and entered into discussions on Article 9 of the Constitution, including the specification of the Self-Defense Forces. I want to.

On the other hand, the Constitutional Democratic Party has taken the position of a "constitution" that actively discusses and considers if there is a necessary revision, but advertises that it cannot propose a constitutional amendment until the fairness and fairness of the referendum can be ensured. We are calling for priority in regulatory discussions.

The Constitutional Research Committee is also held regularly in the House of Councilors, and while the House of Councilors election is on the horizon, the focus is on how far discussions on constitutional amendment will proceed within the current session of the Diet until mid-next month.