Will the proposed revision of the Regulation Act restore trust in politics? Opinions of lawmakers from each party, House of Councillors Special Committee on Political Reform (December 23, 2024)

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On the 23rd, the House of Councillors Special Committee on Political Reform held a question and answer session on the proposed revision of the Political Funds Control Law, which was triggered by the issue of slush funds within the LDP factions. Constitutional Democratic Party lawmaker Haruko Miyaguchi pointed out that it took five years for the large-scale bribery case by former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai and his wife in 2019 to be concluded, and said, "The full picture of the slush fund issue of LDP lawmakers has still not been revealed." She asked, "Will this revision be able to eradicate the slush fund issue?" LDP lawmaker Shinjiro Koizumi acknowledged that "the issue of politics and money has led to distrust in politics," and expressed his desire for the bill to be passed as soon as possible, saying, "I would like to somehow reach a final agreement during this Diet session." Constitutional Democratic Party lawmaker Nobuhiko Isaka pointed out that "the issue of politics and money has become a quagmire," and said, "I want to change politics that is far removed from the people's sense of money." He also stated, "This revision of the law will completely ban the policy activity expenses, which are slush funds for political parties." Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) member Ikeshita Taku argued that "we will change the politics that is so expensive," and proposed that "double-entry bookkeeping should be introduced to increase transparency." Democratic Party for the People member Usuki Hidetake said, "We need to completely ban policy activity expenses." Komeito member Nakagawa Yasuhiro explained that "a bill has been submitted to require the return of annual salaries," and called for constant efforts to realize a politics that does not tolerate corruption. Conservative Party member Kawamura Takashi criticized the possibility that the LDP had created a bribery structure involving local assembly members and ordinary citizens, and argued that the problem would not be solved unless the local assembly member system, which had become a "family business," was abolished. The discussion called for the lessons learned from the bribery scandal to be used to make political reform more concrete. 00:00 Miyaguchi Haruko (Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan) 34:45 Konuma Takumi (Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan) <Diet> What is the difference between a policy speech and a policy speech? : https://yahoo.jp/DZJZcp <Diet> What is the Diet session? ：https://yahoo.jp/BkoHyk ＜Diet＞What is the difference between "Regular Diet", "Extraordinary Diet" and "Special Diet"? ：https://yahoo.jp/8xnAfv ■Subscribe to the channel: https://yahoo.jp/zaoidV ■List of THE PAGE articles: https://yahoo.jp/A5sxYP ■Yahoo!News Original: https://yahoo.jp/7a5omo #thepage_jp #Diet #Diet broadcast

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