The Liberal Democratic Party and the Rikun Democratic Party are adjusting the schedule for the House of Councilors Political Ethics Inquiry, expected to be held as early as next week

In the House of Councilors, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan have agreed to hold a political ethics committee soon regarding the issue of factional political funding parties.

We are currently working on a specific schedule, and the screening committee is expected to be held as early as next week.

In response to this issue, four opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, will hold a political ethics review committee in the House of Councilors, requesting the attendance of 31 LDP members and 32 members who left the LDP after being indicted at home. I am requesting that.

In response to this, the Liberal Democratic Party's House of Councilors Diet Countermeasures Committee Chairman Ishii and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's House of Councilors Diet Countermeasures Committee Chairman Saito met in the Diet on the 5th.

We decided to hold a review meeting on the 8th of this week, and then agreed to confirm with the members themselves whether they would like to attend, and to arrange a specific schedule.

The defense panel is expected to be held as early as next week.

Regarding the House of Councilors review committee, former House of Councilors Secretary-General Seko, who is pro-Abe, has announced his intention to attend if it is held.

Additionally, at the meeting, regarding the deliberation schedule of the House of Councilors Budget Committee, which is deliberating the new fiscal year's budget bill, it was also announced that Prime Minister Kishida and others would be invited to attend an intensive discussion on the afternoon of the 8th, and that experts would give opinions on the 12th of next week. We also agreed to hold a public hearing to hear the matter.

Liberal Democratic Party House of Councilors Country Relations Committee Chairman Ishii “We want to conduct a review next week”

Liberal Democratic Party House of Councilors Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Ishii told reporters, ``Once we decide to hold a committee, we have to confirm the wishes of the members themselves, including whether they will give explanations in accordance with the rules. If we are able to prepare in time, we would like to conduct the review next week."

Ritmin Saito, Chairman of the House of Councilors Committee on Country Relations: “It’s meaningless if it’s not made public.”

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's House of Councilors Diet Countermeasures Committee Chairman Saito told reporters, ``I would like all the opposition parties to give their explanations at the review committee. That will help clarify the whole story. We will discuss the involvement of faction leaders, the details of the repatriation, etc. In addition, there have been reports that the entire amount was repatriated in the year of the election, especially in the House of Councilors, so we need to clarify that as well.''

He went on to say, ``The ideal state of the Diet is to make the review committee fully public.It's an excuse to let people know why it's not bad, so there's no point in doing it unless it's made public.''

Communist Party Chairman Tamura “What the House of Councilors should uncover is the slush fund during the election year”

Communist Party Chairman Tamura said at a press conference, ``It is absolutely necessary for the opposition party to hear from the 32 people who have requested to attend and find out who gave the instruction not to include it in the political funds balance report.'' That's the responsibility of the Diet. What the House of Councilors should clarify is the slush fund used during the election, and it's quite wrong to treat it as money that the people can't see without treating it as a donation. An explanation should be provided with proper physical evidence." said.

National Representative Tamaki: “I want everyone to come out and speak.”

Democratic Party of Japan representative Tamaki said at a press conference, ``In the House of Councilors, I want everyone the opposition party wants to come out and talk about what happened, including young people.If more than one person comes out and talks, there will be contradictions.'' "This is an opportunity for us to invite witnesses and subpoena witnesses in order to investigate this matter."

On the other hand, regarding the review committee in the House of Representatives, he said, ``The public's question is when did the Abe faction's slush fund issue begin, under whose instructions did they intend to use the money?'' Shimomura, a former secretary general and former chairman of the Political Affairs Research Committee, said. Unless Hagiuda, former chairman of the Political Affairs Research Institute, who received a very large sum of money attends the event, and former Prime Minister Mori, who is a former leader of the faction, is invited to serve as a witness and clarify the circumstances, the truth will not be revealed. No,” he said.