Representatives from each party will begin questioning Prime Minister Kishida's policy speech on the 31st.
While the Liberal Democratic Party presents Prime Minister Kishida with a concrete schedule for political reform and urges him to begin work as soon as possible, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is fulfilling its political responsibilities by disposing of all members involved in the political funding issue. I'm prepared to press on.
On the 30th, Prime Minister Kishida delivered a policy speech at the plenary sessions of both houses of the Diet.
Prime Minister Kishida apologized for the issue surrounding the political funding party of the Liberal Democratic Party's factions, saying, ``I deeply regret it and sincerely apologize,'' and said that after consultation with each faction of each party, legal reforms such as amendments to the Political Funds Control Act will be implemented. I have shown some ideas.
In response to this, questions will be asked by representatives of each party in both houses of the House of Representatives for three days starting on the 31st, and on the 31st, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will take questions at the plenary session of the House of Representatives.
The Liberal Democratic Party's Political Affairs Research Chairman Watami Watari has asked Prime Minister Kishida to present a concrete schedule for implementing political reform and to begin work as soon as possible.
In response, Constitutional Democratic Party Representative Izumi plans to press for the Liberal Democratic Party to fulfill its political responsibilities, including disciplinary action against all members involved in the political funding issue.
Meanwhile, on the 30th, the opposition party asked all members of the Liberal Democratic Party to investigate whether they had received kickbacks from their factions and submit the results before substantive deliberations on the new fiscal year's budget bill begin.
``Prime Minister Kishida should step forward and take a leadership role. Don't think that the questions and answers at the Budget Committee will go smoothly without the results of the investigation,'' said Azumi, chairman of the Constitutional Democratic Party's parliamentary committee. did.
Given that the Abe faction is considering amending the income and expenditure report as early as the 31st, the Liberal Democratic Party is making arrangements for party leaders, including Chairman of the Board of Governors Moriyama, to begin interviewing relevant members as early as this week. .
We would also like to present the results of our investigation at the request of the opposition parties and minimize the impact on parliamentary deliberations.