Members of the House of Councilors belonging to the Mogi faction, who have been in the midst of a series of moves to resign following the incident involving a political funding party run by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, held a meeting and confirmed that they would continue to exchange opinions on future responses.
In the Liberal Democratic Party's Motegi faction, last week
◇ Election Committee Chairman Obuchi resigned,
◇ three senior members of the House of Councilors, including House of Councilors Chairman
Sekiguchi, and ◇ House of Councilors member Kazuhiko Aoki, the eldest son of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, announced their intention to resign one after another. .
In response to this, members of the House of Councilors belonging to the Mogi faction held a meeting in the Diet on the 29th, with 19 people in attendance.
In this discussion, Mr. Sekiguchi explained that the three executives decided to resign based on the party's ``Outline of Political Reform,'' which states that party executives must leave their factions while in office.
In response to this, attendees expressed the opinion that ``the faction should be disbanded,'' and ``It is important that the faction completely break away from money and human affairs in the future.''
They also confirmed that they would continue to exchange opinions regarding future responses.
Afterwards, House of Councilors Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Ishii told reporters, ``Each person will stay if they feel comfortable, and if there is no point in staying, they will leave.It is not the case that the House of Councilors will all leave.'' .