At the government-ruling party liaison meeting, Prime Minister Kishida expressed his intention to interview relevant members of the Liberal Democratic Party who have been concerned about political funding by factions of the Liberal Democratic Party, and to urgently compile the results of a questionnaire survey of all affiliated members. Ta.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Kishida stated that interviews with related members of the Abe and Nikai factions regarding the issue surrounding the faction's political funding party were being carried out in stages, mainly with Liberal Democratic Party officials and outside lawyers. We aim to complete the report by the end of this week, and an external third party will compile the report.''
He also expressed his intention to quickly compile the results of a survey of all members of the Diet.
Furthermore, regarding parliamentary deliberations, he stated, ``Debates on the new fiscal year's budget bill are progressing, and deliberations on important bills will begin in the future.The government will approach the deliberations with a sense of nervousness and will do our best to provide courteous explanations.'' We asked the ruling party for cooperation.
Komei Representative Yamaguchi: “The Liberal Democratic Party should quickly show us what we should do concretely.”
Komeito representative Yamaguchi told reporters, ``I think accountability will be fulfilled once the results of the hearings and questionnaires are released, so I hope the Liberal Democratic Party will do this soon.In addition, the Liberal Democratic Party will not be able to provide specific details regarding the revision of the Political Funds Control Act.'' I would like to see an early proposal on what they will do to achieve this goal.All of these are issues that should be tackled with great vigor, and I look forward to them."
Representative Izumi Ritmin “Feeling like we should run away, hold the Political Ethics Commission as soon as possible”
Izumi, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, said at a press conference, ``The people who are central to this issue must be trying to get away with it, saying, ``The people will forget eventually, so we just have to be patient a little longer.''Therefore, there is no question of political ethics. The committee should be held as soon as possible, and it's really stupid that it's taking so long.If Hamada, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's National Assembly Measures Committee, wasn't involved in slush funds, he could easily overcome the hurdles to holding a political ethics committee. "I want them to do so. If they don't respond, I'll have to think about inviting witnesses and subpoenaing witnesses."