Ordinary Diet convenes, political reform becomes the main focus in response to incidents involving political funding

The 213th Ordinary Diet session was convened on the 26th. In the wake of the incident surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, political reform, including legal reform, will be the focus.

The 213rd Ordinary Diet session was convened on the 26th, and at the plenary session of the House of Councilors from 10 a.m., a moment of silence was offered for those who died in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, and the standing committee chairs were elected.

The opening ceremony of the Diet will be held from 1:00 p.m., welcoming His Majesty the Emperor.

Prime Minister Kishida: ``Transparency of political funds: We will move forward with what needs to be done.''

Prior to this, Prime Minister Kishida spoke at a general meeting of members of both houses of the Liberal Democratic Party, saying, ``The people are paying strict attention to us, the Liberal Democratic Party, due to issues of politics and money.'' "We will move forward. We must firmly confront Japan's important issues, and I want to approach the Diet session with a strong determination that Japan's future depends on the efforts of the Liberal Democratic Party."

Representative Izumi Ritmin: ``We have a strong sense that we are in charge of the government.''

In response, Izumi, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, said at the faction's House of Councilors general meeting, ``The current Kishida administration lacks crisis management ability and lacks a sense of crisis.It is clear that it does not pay attention to the lives of the people. With a strong sense of responsibility for the future, I would like to engage in dialogue with the people and cooperate with all walks of life and strata to build a new government."

The regular session of the Diet is for 150 days, ending on 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 29th of next week after intensive deliberation at the Budget Committee, and then on the 30th of the following day. It is done.

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 start.

The ruling and opposition parties say that transparency of political funds is an urgent issue, and both sides are continuing to consider amending the Political Funds Regulation Act, and political reforms, including legal revisions, will be the main focus of the regular Diet session.