The ruling and opposition parties agree to set up a council for a drastic review of the House of Representatives election system

The chairmen of the Diet Affairs Committee of the ruling and opposition parties held talks over the electoral system of the House of Representatives, and agreed to set up a council of working-level officials from each party and begin discussions on a fundamental review of the system.

Regarding the electoral system of the House of Representatives, the special committee of the House of Representatives, which deliberated on the revised law enacted in November last year to increase the number of single-seat constituencies by 10, was a forum for discussions between the ruling and opposition parties to fundamentally review the electoral system. A supplementary resolution has been adopted stating that the census will be established promptly and efforts will be made to reach a conclusion by the time the results of the next national census are available.

In response to this, the chairpersons of the Diet Affairs Committee of the ruling and opposition parties met on the afternoon of the 2nd and agreed to set up a council of working-level officials from each party.

After proceeding with the selection of working-level officials to participate in the Council, it was confirmed that the first meeting would be held next week to begin discussions.

In addition, during the talks, the opposition parties demanded that income restrictions on child allowances be abolished in response to the declining birthrate, which is one of the points of contention in the Diet. I showed you my thoughts to convey to the government.

Liberal Democratic Party Chairman Takagi "If we can enrich the number of local legislators a little more"

Takagi, head of the Liberal Democratic Party's Diet Affairs Committee, told reporters, ``It's been a long time since the current election system was established. As a member of parliament from a rural area, I have a personal feeling that it would be nice to have a little more local parliamentarians.”

Ritsumin Azumi, Chairperson of the National Affairs Committee, "The depopulated areas need more political power."

Azumi, chairman of the Constitutional Democratic Party's Diet affairs committee, told reporters, "It's not healthy for lawsuits to be filed every time an election is over. Depopulated areas need more political power, but the number of lawmakers is increasing only in urban areas. The question is how to overcome this. I would like to discuss ways to make the change of government more possible and reflect the will of the people."