Maehara, representative of the Association for the Realization of Free Education, said in response to the Democratic Party of Japan's decision to withdraw from negotiations with the ruling party over the ``trigger clause'' that would suspend the taxation of the additional portion of the gasoline tax. I think we need to take some precautions since we said we would take the risk,'' said Tamaki, expressing his belief that responsibility should be taken.
The Democratic Party of Japan, which has been calling for the lifting of the freeze on the trigger clause, decided on the 7th to withdraw from the talks with the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito, stating that they do not expect any progress towards achieving the goal.
Regarding this, Representative Maehara of the Association for Free Education, who served as acting representative of the Democratic Party of Japan until December last year, said at a press conference, ``Representative Tamaki's business model was insane. "They were responding to the talks with the aim of gaining the support of private labor unions, and they probably had no intention of bringing them together from the beginning."
He added, ``Mr. Tamaki said, ``I'm putting my political life on the line.'' In the world of politics, once you've said that you're putting your political life on the line in negotiations, isn't there a need for some kind of discipline?'' He said that he should take responsibility. I expressed the idea that it is.
On the other hand, regarding his future relationship with the Democratic Party of the People, he said, ``Since I tried to get close to the Liberal Democratic Party and they didn't treat me well, I doubt that they will immediately trust me if I say, ``Next time, let's work with the opposition party.'' I will make a decision accordingly."