年金ねんきん法案ほうあん 自公じこうと立たつ民みんきょうも修正しゅうせい協議きょうぎ 衆院しゅういん通過つうかへ合意ごうい目指めざす

Negotiations between the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, and the Constitutional Democratic Party on amendments to bills related to pension system reform will also take place on the 26th.

The Liberal Democratic Party plans to largely accept the Constitutional Democratic Partys demands, such as clearly stating measures to raise the basic pension, and aims for a three-party agreement to pass the House of Representatives within this week.

The three-party negotiations to amend bills related to pension system reform began last week, and the Constitutional Democratic Party has presented the outline of an amendment that includes measures to raise the basic pension, which were omitted from the governments bill.

Specifically, it states that if, in the public pension financial review four years from now, a decrease in the basic pension benefit level is expected, measures will be taken to raise it. At the same time, it also mentions that steps will be taken to mitigate the impact of a temporary decrease in the employees’ pension benefit level.

Representative Noda said, I want to make sure we work things out thoroughly so that we can reach a final proposal by the middle of this week.

Basically, he said, We want you to accept our demands.

He also expressed his willingness to respond if there is a call for a party leaders meeting.

The Liberal Democratic Party intends to largely accept the Constitutional Democratic Partys demands, and former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Tamura, who is also participating in the amendment negotiations, said, We wanted to include measures to raise the baseline in the governments bill, but we were very concerned about whether the opposition parties would understand.

He said, There will be no problem if the bill is passed.

The three parties have decided to hold a second round of amendment talks on the afternoon of the 26th. Since there is less than a month left until the end of the current Diet session on the 22nd of next month, the Liberal Democratic Party aims to reach an agreement among the three parties this week to pass the bill through the House of Representatives.

On the other hand, in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committees of both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, questions will be directed to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi this week, and on the House of Representatives side, leaders of opposition parties are scheduled to ask questions.

Each party plans to question specific measures for lowering the retail price of reserve rice to 2,000 yen per 5 kilograms, as previously announced by Minister Koizumi, as well as the future approach to supporting farmers.