Regarding the current debate on the Constitution in the Diet, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Constitution Research Chairman Nakagawa stated that he would not be able to hold a Constitutional Commission while the House of Representatives was deliberating on the budget for the new fiscal year. announced his intention to be absent from
Regarding the constitutional debate, the Constitutional Commission was held frequently during the ordinary Diet session last year and the extraordinary Diet session in the fall, and the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, and the Japan Restoration Party are currently discussing how to respond to the emergency that has been discussed so far. I would like to aim for a consolidation of opinions in the Diet.
Against this backdrop, Nakagawa, chairman of the Constitutional Democratic Party's Constitutional Research Council, who is the lead secretary of the opposition party in the House of Representatives Constitution Examination Committee, revealed at a party meeting that the ruling party is requesting the holding of the examination committee.
On top of that, he said, "While the budget committee is deliberating on the budget for the new fiscal year, it is a principle not to hold a meeting other than the committee that deliberates on related bills. The ruling party said, 'I want to do a lot when the budget committee settles down.' I'm telling you, 'he said, and indicated that he would not be able to hold a Constitutional Commission while the House of Representatives was deliberating the budget bill.
After the meeting, Mr. Nakagawa told reporters that he would be absent from the secretary's meeting of the screening committee scheduled for the 8th.