The Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party, the chairman of the Diet, have met and agreed to enter into deliberation in the Diet on the 25th next week on the supplementary budget for this year to implement emergency measures against rising prices.

On the 17th, the government decided on a supplementary budget for this year, which totals more than 2.7 trillion yen in the general account, in order to implement emergency measures against rising prices at a cabinet meeting.



In response to this, on the afternoon of the 18th, the Liberal Democratic Party's chairman of the Diet, Takagi, and the Constitutional Democratic Party, the chairman of the Diet, Mabuchi, met in the Diet and agreed to hold a plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 25th next week. ..



After that, the ruling and opposition parties will discuss the schedule of subsequent deliberation by the Budget Committee.

Mr. Takagi told reporters, "Since the supplementary budget includes measures such as subsidies from next month onward, the ruling party wants to pass it by the end of this month."

Ritsumin Mabuchi Kuni vs. Chairman "3" No "Supplementary Budget Proposal"

The Constitutional Democratic Party's chairman of the Diet, Mabuchi, told reporters, "Amid the continued depreciation of the yen and high prices, the timing was not early even though we were strongly demanding an early formation. It's a supplementary budget plan that is exhausted. In addition, the budget is such that the government has a grab money, contrary to the oversight of the Diet, which is to increase the reserve fund, so deepen the deliberation thoroughly and show the problems to the people. I want to go. "

Communist Party Kuni vs. Chairman "Additional Reserve Funds and Destruction of Fiscal Democracy"

At a press conference, the Communist Party's chairman of the National Assembly's measures, "Adding reserves is a problem because it destroys fiscal democracy. Inflation has risen by more than 10%, and people's lives However, the government's measures are extremely inadequate. In addition to urgent tax cuts to 5% of the consumption tax rate, it will have a direct impact on people's lives, such as reducing pensions and raising the out-of-pocket costs of medical expenses for people aged 75 and over. We need to take care of it. "