The PLD belongs to the party of the 8th to issue a document in the name of Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai and to refrain from attending meetings involving eating and drinking while stern eyes are on the parliamentarians’ dinner in Corona. I called a member of parliament.

According to the document, it is “essential for the convergence of contagion” to reduce the risk of contagion that occurs when eating and drinking, based on the fact that on the 7th an emergency declaration was issued to 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures. We also demand that we refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently after 8pm.

On the 7th, the Democratic Constitutional Party also issued a document on behalf of Secretary General Tetsuro Fukuyama on the activities of parliamentarians in Corona. In addition to refraining from making speeches and demonstrations in the street, he says: “Please refrain from dining at night regardless of whether you are drinking or not.” On the 7th, the National Democratic Party announced that it would basically ban gatherings that include dinners for its members.

At the beginning of the parliament, the ruling and opposition parties agreed to discuss and develop rules on how to dine, and there was also a proposal that “4 people or less until 8 pm”.

However, Toshio Nakagawa, president of the Japan Medical Association, requested that even members of the Diet “totally abstain” from dinner in the evening at the meeting on the 6th. “First, start with Kai,” he said.

As people were asked to refrain from eating at night, criticisms of “the Nagata-cho logic”, which could not be voluntarily contained, grew louder and rule-making by the ruling and opposition parties it was completely postponed.