The Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction has recently held a general meeting of members in response to the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party.

While there is a view from both inside and outside the faction that disbandment is inevitable, the focus is on whether or not the faction will survive.

The Abe faction held a general assembly of members at the party headquarters just after 6 p.m., chaired by Shioya, a former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and Takagi, the secretary-general and former head of the National Assembly Committee, who is an influential member of the group known as the ``Five People''. Members of the executive committee, including former Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno, are in attendance.



At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Shioya said, ``I would like to express my deepest apologies for betraying the trust of the people and everyone involved in the Liberal Democratic Party, including party members, by not reporting a large amount of information in the income and expenditure report.As the chairperson, I would like to express my deepest apologies for betraying the trust of everyone involved in the Liberal Democratic Party, including party members. I deeply regret what happened," he said, apologizing.



He then stated, ``Since the prosecutor's decision has been made, we held a general meeting, which we had refrained from doing until now, and provided an opportunity to explain the outline and history of the case.I would like to explain it to the best of my knowledge.'' .



This is the first general meeting of the Diet since the prosecutor's raid on the 19th of last month, and it is expected that Shioya will explain what has happened so far and his plan to revise the income and expenditure reports of his factions and affiliated members. Masu.



Furthermore, in light of Prime Minister Kishida's announcement yesterday that he would consider disbanding the Kishida faction, it is expected that opinions will be exchanged regarding future responses.



There is a view from both inside and outside the faction that, ``If the Kishida faction is disbanded, it is inevitable that the Abe faction and Nikai faction, which were raided, will also be disbanded,'' and the focus will be on whether the faction will survive.



After the General Assembly meeting, Mr. Shioya and others will hold a press conference and explain the details.

Former Political Affairs Research Chairman Hagiuda was absent.

Hagiuda, an influential member and permanent secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction's ``Five People,'' said, ``After consulting with the faction's executive department, we decided to hold today's general meeting of members in order to do everything in our power to respond to local elections.'' I will be absent from the meeting.I will provide an opportunity to explain my own political funding at a later date.''

Mid-ranking and young volunteers from the Abe faction “demand a quick decision to disband the faction”

Mid-career and young volunteer members of the Abe faction should hold a meeting at the party headquarters prior to the faction's general meeting of members, and demand that executives take responsibility for the incident and promptly decide to disband the faction. I have confirmed.



I then proposed this to Shioya Shioya, former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, who serves as the chairman of the Diet.



Former Chairman of the Board of Internal Affairs and Communications Tatsuo Fukuda, who attended the meeting, told reporters, ``We all agreed that we should quickly decide to dissolve the Abe faction.We want them to come to a conclusion.''