Regarding the budget proposal for the new fiscal year, the ruling party wants to pass the House of Representatives on the 28th in order to ensure that it is enacted within the fiscal year, but the opposition party wants to make a decision based on the intensive deliberations on the 27th. Negotiations come to a dead end.
The House of Representatives Budget Committee, which is deliberating the budget for the new fiscal year = 2023, will hold intensive deliberations on the 27th, with Prime Minister Kishida attending, and the ruling and opposition parties will debate over the situation in Ukraine and countermeasures against the declining birthrate. outlook.
In order to ensure the enactment of the budget within the fiscal year, the ruling party wants to have the committee vote on the budget on the 28th and pass it through the House of Representatives by voting at the plenary session on the same day.
On the other hand, the opposition parties want to decide the voting schedule based on the contents of Prime Minister Kishida's answers at the intensive deliberation on the 27th, and the consultation between the ruling and opposition parties will reach the final stage.
Meanwhile, in the House of Councilors, on the 27th, following the House of Representatives meeting held last week, economist Kazuo Ueda, who was presented by the government as a candidate to succeed Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda, will be heard and questioned at the House Operations Committee.