
首相経験者への処分は党則に基づき初
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定した。首相経験者に対する党則に基づく処分は初めて。
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自民党は6日の衆院本会議で消費税減税関連法案の採決に際し党議拘束をかけていたが、石破茂前首相ら4議員がこれを棄権した。
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。石破氏は国会内で記者団に「厳粛に受け止める以外の何物でもない」と述べた。
石破氏らに棄権の説明要求 減税法案採決で自民執行部
処分を受けたのは石破、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。いずれも6日の本会議を途中退席して採決を棄権した。執行部は党所属議員に対し、法案への賛成を義務付ける党議拘束をかけ、採決終了まで議場から離れないよう指示していた。
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。鈴木氏は9日の役員会で処分決定を報告し、この後の記者会見で「党内結束の観点から看過できない」と説明した。
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。戒告は2番目に軽い処分。
石破氏は9日、処分決定を前に、法案に賛成しなかった理由について「減税の財源がいまだに判明しない」と記者団に語った。
執行部が処分に踏み切ったのは、消費減税法案の参院採決への影響を懸念しているためだ。与党は参院では減税法案に賛成する方針の日本保守党の2人を加えても、過半数まで2議席足りない。無所属議員や一部の野党の賛同を得るために働き掛けを強める方針だが、自民から造反者が出れば、法案の可決が一層見通せなくなる。
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参院における消費税減税法案の採決に向けた無所属や野党への働き掛け強化
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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.''

On the 9th, the Liberal Democratic Party decided to reprimand four members, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and former campaign committee chair Yuko Obuchi, who abstained from voting on the consumption tax reduction bill at the plenary session of the House of Representatives. This is the first disciplinary action against a former prime minister based on party rules.

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.