Ordinary Diet convenes today, focusing on political reforms including amendments to the Political Funds Control Law

The 213th Ordinary Diet session will be convened on the 26th.

The situation was unusual from the beginning, with 11 members of the Abe faction, including the chairmen of both houses of the House of Representatives, being replaced in response to an incident involving a political funding party organized by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. It will be the focus.

The 213rd Ordinary Diet session will be convened on the 26th, and the opening ceremony will be held in the afternoon, welcoming His Majesty the Emperor.

The exhibition period is 150 days until June 23rd.

Prime Minister Kishida's policy speech, which is customary to be given on the convocation day in response to the incident surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, will be held on the 30th following the intensive deliberation of the Budget Committee on the 29th of next week. I will.

In addition, in response to demands from the opposition parties, 11 members of the Abe faction, including the chairmen of both Houses of Representatives, were replaced, making for an unusual development from the beginning.

Opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, are poised to intensify their pursuit of the matter during parliamentary deliberations, including demanding that Prime Minister Kishida and those involved in the faction fulfill their accountability.

In response, the government and the Liberal Democratic Party plan to carry out the interim report of the ``Political Reform Headquarters,'' which the party decided on the 25th, and explain that they will try to restore public trust.

Meanwhile, both the ruling and opposition parties are continuing to consider amending the Political Funds Regulation Act, stating that transparency in political funds is an urgent issue.

Specifically, measures such as lowering the amount of money required to include the names of party ticket purchasers on income and expenditure reports and introducing a system in which politicians will be held accountable in the event of malicious accounting procedures are being implemented. Political reform, including legal revisions, will be the main focus of the Diet.