House of Councilors Political Ethics Committee will officially decide to hold a review committee today where members will give explanations

On the 8th, the House of Councilors Political Ethics Review Committee is scheduled to formally decide to hold a review meeting in which members will provide explanations regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Going forward, we will confirm the intention of the relevant members to attend, and we will make adjustments with a view to holding the meeting in the second half of next week.

In response to this issue, the House of Councilors Political Ethics Review Committee is scheduled to formally decide on the 8th to hold a review meeting in which members will provide explanations.

So far, Seko Seko, an Abe faction and former secretary-general of the House of Councilors, has announced his intention to attend the meeting if it is held.

Furthermore, in an interview with NHK, member of the House of Councilors, Shoji Nishida, who is pro-Abe, stated that he would like to attend and make the matter available to the press in order to fulfill his accountability.

The review committee will ask the 32 members of the Liberal Democratic Party and other relevant parties, who the opposition party has requested to attend, whether they will attend and, if they do, whether they will make it public, and will proceed with adjustments with a view to holding the meeting in the second half of next week. I'm doing it.

Meanwhile, on the 7th, the Liberal Democratic Party finalized a proposal to revise the party's rules, including the creation of a mechanism to punish members themselves in the event that the accounting officer is arrested or prosecuted for malicious accounting practices.

Prime Minister Kishida said, ``We must correct the sense of privilege that ``politics is special'' and promote reforms that will ensure that politicians also take their due responsibility.''

In response, Political Affairs Research Chair Nagatsuma of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan criticized the party, saying, ``Party rules are not laws and are not objective, so the party can hand them over as much as they want.There are various problems that have arisen within the executive branch itself, so it is difficult to evaluate them.''

The opposition parties plan to continue pursuing the matter during intensive deliberations at the House of Councilors Budget Committee on the 8th, which will also include Prime Minister Kishida.