In response to issues surrounding factional political funding parties, the Liberal Democratic Party's proposed amendments to party rules and regulations have been revealed.
If an accounting officer is arrested or prosecuted for violating the Political Funds Control Act, the law will allow the lawmaker to take punishment such as ``recommending him to leave the party'' or ``suspending his party membership.''
According to the Liberal Democratic Party's draft amendments to the party rules and constitution
, members of the party must be held accountable when a suspicion arises that it violates the Political Funds Control Act.
In addition
, if the accounting officer is arrested or prosecuted for violating the Political Funds Control Act, sanctions such as ``recommendation to leave the party,'' ``suspension of party membership,'' or ``non-official recognition in elections'' may be taken against the member. It is said that it can be done.
Furthermore
, if the accounting officer is found to be guilty and is found to be politically and morally responsible for causing distrust in politics, such as when a member of the Diet is involved, he or she will be ``expelled'' or ``recommended to leave the party.'' is.
On the other hand
, if it is found that the accounting officer committed a crime for the purpose of causing the loss of membership as a member of the Diet, no disciplinary action will be taken.
In addition, the proposed revision to the Governance Code, which is a guideline for the party's organizational governance that was developed after private companies, adds ``strict responses to political funding issues'' to its basic principles.
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Organizations that gather members of parliament based on their financial power and influence over personnel affairs, and attempt to increase their influence through the power of numbers, are defined as ``factions,'' and the continuation and establishment of new ``factions'' are prohibited.
Furthermore, if it is revealed that a policy group that replaces a faction violates the Political Funds Control Act, etc., the party will either disband or suspend its activities for a certain period of time, depending on the case.
In addition ,
it states that it
will ban political funding parties by policy groups, require external audits to be conducted when submitting income and expenditure reports, and
will consider establishing a permanent consultation desk regarding political funding.