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Ishiba, Obuchi and others abstain from voting on consumption tax reduction bill, calls for punishment

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Former Liberal Democratic Party Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba abstained from voting on the consumption tax reduction bill at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 6th, and Hajime Funada and others also walked out.
There have been calls from within the government and ruling party to punish him for disrupting party discipline.

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Former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of the Liberal Democratic Party and others abstained from voting on the consumption tax reduction bill at the plenary session of the House of Representatives and left the House of Representatives.

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Former Liberal Democratic Party Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left the House of Representatives plenary session on the 6th and abstained from voting on the consumption tax reduction bill. After this, Mr. Ishiba informed those around him that he did not agree with the proposal. The party's Hajime Funada, Yuko Obuchi, and Yoshihisa Furukawa also left their seats. There are calls for punishment from within the government and ruling party.

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Party officials criticized Ishiba, saying, ``It's impossible for someone with experience as president.'' He called for ``to prevent a similar situation from occurring in the House of Councilors, where the minority ruling party is in the minority, and to dispose of it without wasting any time.'' A senior government official said, ``I don't know what the party's decision will be, but I don't think there will be any punishment.''

Mr. Funada told reporters, ``Why don't we look back at the history of our predecessors who took great pains to introduce tax rates and raise them, and cut taxes now?'' Mr. Obuchi opposed the consumption tax cut and resigned as a member of the party's tax system research committee's informal executive committee (inner) in July. Mr. Furukawa had argued that handouts were preferable to tax cuts.

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