At the board meeting, the House of Representatives Steering Committee agreed to receive an explanation from Chairman Hosoda on the 24th about the relationship with the former Unification Church.
Regarding Hosoda, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the opposition party claims that the explanation of the relationship with the former Unification Church is insufficient, and they are requesting that Hosoda himself explain further in a public forum.
On the 23rd, the first day of the ordinary session of the Diet, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and the chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee of the Japan Restoration Party held talks. proposed to be disclosed to the press.
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Restoration Party have conveyed their intention to accept it as a step forward, although it is not enough.
After that, a board meeting of the House of Representatives Steering Committee was held, and it was agreed to receive an explanation from Chairman Hosoda at the Chairman's official residence on the afternoon of the 24th.
Liberal Democratic Party Chairman Takagi "I would like the opposition party to understand this response"
Takagi, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Diet Countermeasures Committee, said, "It depends on the opposition party what they will do in the future, but I also have the position of chairman, so I would like you to understand this response."
Also, when asked by the press corps why this was the case, Takagi said, "I think it was the chairman's decision."
Ritsumin Azumi, Chairperson of the National Affairs Committee ``Explanation in real voice at an early stage''
Azumi, chairman of the Constitutional Democratic Party's Diet Affairs Committee, said, "It's a minimum, but it's better to have the opportunity than not to have it. Mr. Hosoda, as a representative of the House of Representatives, has not fulfilled his responsibility to explain to the public, so I will explain it in my own voice at an early stage. It would be nice to have an opportunity," he said.