The budget bill for the new fiscal year (Reiwa 6), with a total general account budget of over 112 trillion yen, was voted on by the House of Councilors Budget Committee and passed with a majority vote from both the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito Party. After this, the bill will be passed at the plenary session of the House of Councilors and become law.
The new fiscal year budget proposal has a total general account budget of 112,571.7 billion yen, exceeding 110 trillion yen for the second year in a row and making it the second largest in history.
The House of Councilors Budget Committee was scheduled to hold a closing question session from 9 a.m. on the 28th with Prime Minister Kishida and all cabinet members in attendance, but the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan was scheduled to hold a closing Q&A session from 9 a.m. on the 28th, but the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan was scheduled to hold a closing Q&A session from 9 a.m. on the 28th. The opening of the meeting was delayed by two hours due to objections that the explanation regarding the hearing was insufficient.
In the closing question and answer session, Tsujimoto, acting representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, asked, ``How will the Liberal Democratic Party take responsibility for this issue?Do you realize that from the perspective of the people, this is a collective resignation?''
In response, Prime Minister Kishida stated, ``As party president, I will take the lead in restoring trust, including preventing recurrence.My position is to fulfill this responsibility.''
Mr. Tsujimoto further urged, ``We have no choice but to let the people decide on the punishment.Wouldn't it be better to settle the matter by dissolving the House of Representatives?''
In response, Prime Minister Kishida said, ``I will first concentrate on leading efforts to restore trust in politics with a strong sense of crisis.After that, I would like to fulfill my responsibilities as a government.I have no intention whatsoever of dissolution or a general election.'' ” he said.
Furthermore, when asked about the possibility that discussions among faction leaders regarding kickbacks from the Abe faction were held in March in addition to April and August of 2017, he replied, ``The Liberal Democratic Party's report from February of this year There is no mention of any discussions taking place in March. Since the submission of the report, there have been questions and answers in the Diet, and there have been media reports, and given the consideration of the punishment, there remain doubts, so we conducted additional interviews." Did.
The new fiscal year budget bill was put to a vote after a question-and-answer session, and was passed with a majority of votes from both the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito.
The budget bill is expected to be passed and enacted at the House of Councilors plenary session that will be held later.