The ruling party proposed to give a memorial speech to former Prime Minister Abe on August 5 over the extraordinary Diet session to be convened on August 3, while the opposition party decided to give a speech before deciding the date of the speech. He insisted that it was necessary to discuss the "national burial" of Japan, and decided to continue discussions.
Following the previous House of Councilors election, an extraordinary Diet session to elect a new House of Councilors chairman and vice-chairman is to be convened on August 3, and discussions are ongoing between the ruling and opposition parties regarding the session.
At the board of directors of the House of Representatives Steering Committee held on the 28th, the ruling party reiterated that the session would be three days until August 5, while the opposition party said about the "state funeral" of former Prime Minister Abe. As we needed to discuss it, we repeatedly asked for a sufficient session, and we could not agree.
In addition, the ruling party proposed to give a memorial speech to Mr. Abe on August 5, while the Constitutional Democratic Party said, "The memorial speech is linked to Mr. Abe's" national burial "discussion, so that discussion is over. In addition to insisting that the schedule should be decided after that, the Communist Party pointed out that "the memorial speech should be given by a member of a party other than the Liberal Democratic Party," and will continue discussions. ..