
高市首相は衆参代表質問で、自治体予算カット発言をした簗農水相を厳しく注意したと明かした。野党は更迭や全省調査を要求したが、首相は更迭を否定し職責全うを指示。簗氏も陳謝した。
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簗農水相が自身を支援しなかった首長の自治体予算を「大幅にカットした」と発言したことが問題視されている。
高市早苗首相は8日、衆参両院の代表質問で、自身を支援しなかった首長の自治体予算を「大幅にカットした」と発言した簗和生農林水産相に対し、「発言は不適切だと考え厳しく注意した」と明かした。「とにかく働いて仕事で返せ」と続投を指示。立憲民主党は早期辞任を迫り、参院農水委員会での所信聴取に応じない姿勢を示して圧力を強めた。
簗農水相の更迭否定 高市首相「不適切な発言」―代表質問
立民の田名部匡代幹事長は「予算を政治的な報復や見返りに用いようとする姿勢は到底許されない」と非難。国民民主党の玉木雄一郎代表は首相の任命責任を追及し、「国民の疑念を払拭するためにも全省調査を行うべきだ」と訴えた。
首相は「任命責任は私にある」と認めつつ、「政治家の発言は本人の説明が重要だ。襟を正して職責を全うしてほしい」と強調。「予算配分に当たって政治的な支持、不支持を持ち込まないのは当然だ」と重ねて語った。全省調査は「改めて適切な予算配分を徹底する」と拒否した。
この日は簗氏も初めて答弁に立った。「地元のために一生懸命取り組んできたという思いで事実と異なる発言をしてしまった。私の不徳によるものだ」と陳謝。「農水相の責任の重さを胸に刻み、職務の遂行に全力を尽くしていく」と語った。
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立憲民主党など野党による参院農水委員会での所信聴取拒否と辞任要求の継続
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The six opposition parties in the House of Councilors agreed to consider submitting a resolution to censure Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan. Prime Minister Takaichi announced that Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yan Yan would continue in his role, and explained that he had strictly cautioned him about his comments.He also said that the source of the consumption tax cut would be secured by reviewing both expenditures and revenue rather than relying on special bonds. Other domestic and international news was also reported, including the selection of Professor Emeritus Soai of Tokyo University of Science for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

At a plenary session of the House of Councilors, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized the importance of an appropriate explanation from Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kazuo Yan, who had said that he had drastically cut the road budgets of local governments that he did not support, and ordered his continued appointment with strict caution. Opposition parties called for his resignation, and questions were also held regarding the impact of the consumption tax cut on food products on local finances.

At a cabinet meeting on the 9th, the government approved a bill to reduce the consumption tax on food products from the current 8% to 1% for two years starting April 2027. It will also include an income-linked ``employee burden reduction support subsidy,'' which will require approximately 10 trillion yen in financial resources over two years. The bill will be submitted to an extraordinary session of the Diet, with the aim of having it enacted by the end of the session on December 12th.

The ruling and opposition parties engaged in a debate over a bill related to the consumption tax reduction during questions asked by representatives of the extraordinary Diet session. Opposition parties asked for a clear statement of financial sources and an explanation of the benefit system, but Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi merely reiterated the government's policy and avoided explaining specific payment requirements or the breakdown of financial resources. The bill is expected to be debated in the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 20th, but there is no clear connection between the ruling and opposition parties.

The Nippon Hidankyo held a national meeting of prefectural representatives in Tokyo to discuss the future of the organization as the population continues to age. Many prefectural organizations were against the idea of disbanding, and there were a number of calls for the organizations to continue to exist in cooperation with second-generation atomic bomb survivors and supporters.

Questions from representatives of each party were held on the 8th regarding Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's policy speech. The Prime Minister stated that financial resources such as food consumption tax cuts and handouts will be secured through a review of both expenditures and revenues, rather than relying on deficit-financing national bonds, and has postponed specific measures until the end of the year.