The Liberal Democratic Party has a policy of carefully determining the content and scope of punishment for members involved in issues related to factional political funding parties, taking into account their role within the faction.
Meanwhile, in the House of Councilors, a political ethics review committee is expected to be held as early as next week, and negotiations between the ruling and opposition parties will begin in earnest regarding the members who will attend.
Concerning this issue, Prime Minister Kishida stated at the House of Councilors Budget Committee on the 5th that the future response to the relevant members would be, ``After understanding the actual situation and taking into account the person's full accountability, we will not take any political responsibility such as punishment.'' I will make a decision.''
In addition, Liberal Democratic Party General Affairs Chairman Moriyama said, ``It would be best if a certain amount of things were sorted out by the party convention on the 17th of this month,'' indicating that it is desirable to expedite the consideration.
While there are opinions within the party that ``severe punishment is inevitable given public sentiment,'' there are also voices that say ``no charges have been filed with the prosecutors, so it is difficult to draw the line.'' Our policy is to carefully judge the content and scope of the disciplinary action, taking these factors into consideration.
Furthermore, at the party convention, there is a plan to revise the party rules so that if the accounting officer is arrested or indicted, the lawmaker will be punished even if the member himself is not prosecuted, and Prime Minister Kishida announced on the 5th that the work team I instructed the chairpersons to steadily move forward with the compilation.
Meanwhile, the House of Councilors is expected to hold a political ethics committee next week, and the ruling and opposition parties are coordinating the schedule.
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Secretary-General Okada said, ``I want you to confirm the principle of calling everyone who raises their hand.We have no other choice but to make it public.''
Seko Seko, an Abe faction and former secretary-general of the House of Councilors, has announced his intention to attend the review committee if it is held, and discussions between the ruling and opposition parties will begin in earnest regarding matters such as who should attend and how the committee should be made public.