
首相経験者への処分は初、参院採決への造反を警戒
自民党は9日、衆院本会議での消費税減税関連法案の採決を棄権した石破茂前首相や小渕優子元選対委員長ら4議員を戒告処分とすることを決めた。首相経験者に対する処分は党則に基づき初となる。
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衆院本会議で消費税減税関連法案の採決を巡り、石破茂前首相や小渕優子元選対委員長ら4議員が棄権した。
自民党は9日、衆院本会議で消費税減税関連法案の採決を棄権した石破茂前首相、小渕優子元選対委員長ら4議員を戒告処分とすることを決めた。党によると、首相経験者に対する党則に基づく処分は初めて。与党が少数の参院採決でも造反者が出かねないと警戒する声が党内にあり、一定の処分が必要と判断した。
石破氏らに棄権の説明要求 減税法案採決で自民執行部
6日の本会議を途中退席して採決を棄権したのは石破、小渕両氏のほか、古川禎久元法相、船田元・元経済企画庁長官。4氏は執行部の求めに応じ、棄権の経緯を説明する文書を党に提出した。これを踏まえ鈴木俊一幹事長らが処分を判断した。
同党の党則や規約では、幹事長は党所属の国会議員に対し、(1)党則順守の勧告(2)戒告(3)党の役職停止(4)国会、政府の役職の辞任勧告―の処分を行うことができる。党紀委員会で処分を検討する方法もある。
石破氏は9日午後、法案に賛成しなかった理由について、国会内で記者団に対し「減税の財源がいまだに判明しない」と述べた。古川氏は「(物価高対策は)政治の責任だ。しかし、今回の法案ではその責任を十分に果たせると判断できない」と記した文書を党幹事長室に送付した。

On the 9th, the government and ruling party began full-scale consideration of amending laws related to ``active cyber defense'' as a countermeasure against cyber attacks. In order to improve the ability to grasp attacks on Japanese targets, adjustments will be made with a focus on expanding the scope of monitoring to include "domestic" communications. The issue is consistency with the constitutional ``secrecy of communications.''

The Liberal Democratic Party's executive branch is expected to decide on the punishment of four members, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who abstained from voting on the consumption tax reduction bill at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 9th. It appears that the party has determined that certain measures are necessary to prevent rebellion within the party.

US President Donald Trump told reporters in Florida that a social media post in which he said he approached UFC CEO Dana White to become his press secretary was "a joke." The post has been vacant since former press secretary Zakaria was replaced.

At a press conference on the 9th, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara categorically denied the report that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had been drinking at a dinner with Liberal Democratic Party leaders just before her absence from last month's G7 summit video conference, saying it was ``based on assumptions and conjecture.'' The meeting was held on the evening of October 2nd, and the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs attended on his behalf. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yusuke Nakanishi, who was present, admitted in the Diet that alcoholic beverages had been served, and another attendee revealed that the prime minister had also consumed alcohol.

US President Trump has hinted at a three-way meeting with President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to coincide with the APEC summit to be held in Shenzhen, China, in the middle of this month. Nuclear disarmament and military operations against Iran are expected to be on the agenda, and while Russia has expressed interest, China has not made its stance clear.

On the 8th, Israeli President Herzog instructed former military chief of staff Eisenkot, leader of the centrist opposition party Yashar, to form a new government. In the October 27 general election, Netanyahu's ruling party won only 53 seats, and Eisenkot received 67 nominations. The government is expected to be formed within 28 days, and the focus will be on a change of government by the anti-Netanyahu camp.