Prior to the regular session of the Diet, the chairmen of the Diet Affairs Committee of the opposition parties held talks and agreed that the government's policy of increasing the defense tax was unacceptable, and that they demanded sufficient discussion and opposed an easy tax increase.
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Japan Restoration Party, Communist Party, Democratic Party for the People, Reiwa Shinsengumi, and other members of the Diet Task Force will meet in the Diet on the evening of the 17th to offer their opinions on how to handle the ordinary Diet session to be convened on the 23rd of next week. exchanged.
At the meeting, the government agreed to oppose the government's easy tax hike, stating that it is unacceptable that the government's policy of increasing taxes in conjunction with an increase in defense spending was decided without going through deliberations in the Diet.
In addition, it was confirmed that the Speaker of the House of Representatives Hosoda, who has been pointed out to have a relationship with the former Unification Church, has not fulfilled his accountability, and will request through the House of Representatives Committee on Administration to give an explanation before convening the Diet.
After the meeting, Azumi, chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee of the Constitutional Democratic Party, said, "There is a big problem in the government's policy-making process, and the opposition parties will form a confrontational line as a common recognition. Individual parties have different ways of thinking, but we have a common point. I will find out," he said.