The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to investigate the interpretation of the ``political fairness'' of the Broadcasting Law

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications acknowledged on the 7th that all documents published by members of the Constitutional Democratic Party regarding the interpretation of ``political fairness'' stipulated by the Broadcasting Law are administrative documents.

The Constitutional Democratic Party plans to pursue the fact that it is necessary to correct the facts to Takaichi, who was the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications at the time, and others.

Concerning the interpretation of "political fairness" stipulated by the Broadcasting Act, last week, Constitutional Democratic Party member Hiroyuki Konishi, a member of the House of Councilors, described exchanges between Special Advisor to Prime Minister Isozaki and Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takaichi and senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications during the Abe administration. Published 78 documents.

Regarding this, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto said on the 7th, "The documents are the same as those stored in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications," acknowledging that they are all administrative documents and publishing them on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

In addition, Minister Matsumoto emphasized that the government's view, which was compiled through the exchange of documents, is only a supplementary explanation, and that the conventional interpretation that "political fairness is judged by the entire program of the broadcasting station" is maintained. Did.

On the other hand, Minister Takaichi, who stated that he had a phone call with Prime Minister Abe, said in the Diet last week that he would resign as a member if the contents of the document were true. I am convinced that it is a fabrication to write something that does not exist as if it did."

In response, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has strengthened criticism, saying, ``It is a document that shows that the interpretation has been changed through an unfair process so that state power can intervene in broadcasting.''

Azumi, chairman of the Diet's countermeasures committee, said, "One of the negative legacies of 'Abe's politics' is a direct example of media intervention. We should take responsibility,” he said.

The Constitutional Democratic Party plans to pursue the matter by asking Minister Konishi to ask Minister Takaichi and others about the facts at the Diet on the 8th, as well as requesting the invitation of related parties such as the then Assistant Prime Minister Isozaki and executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.