Prime Minister Kishida will replace two party leaders who have submitted their resignations on the 22nd. Since the beginning of the year, I have been considering setting up a new organization under my own supervision to prevent recurrence.
In connection with the incident surrounding the political fundraising party of the LDP faction, Prime Minister Kishida announced on the 22nd that he will appoint former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Watami to succeed Hagiuda, the chairman of the Political Affairs Research Committee, who has submitted his resignation, and former Defense Minister Hamada to succeed Takagi, chairman of the Diet Measures Committee.
Prior to his inauguration, Mr. Watami said, "We need to fundamentally discuss once again what the political system should be."
Prime Minister Kishida also met with Mr. Moriyama, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), last night and exchanged views on future political reform initiatives.
Prime Minister Kishida intends to take measures to prevent recurrence while taking into account the progress of the investigation, and is considering setting up a new organization under him from the beginning of the year.
On the other hand, Izumi, a representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, said, "The Abe faction has said that it will cooperate with the investigation, so I would like you to talk to the prosecutors.
The opposition parties are poised to intensify their offensive by calling for a closed-door review at a meeting of the Budget Committees of both houses of the House of Representatives and Councillors on the 22nd.