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On the 12th, the government presented both the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komei Party an outline of a bill to amend the relevant law to strengthen measures against the new corona virus. Infected people who do not follow the hospitalization recommendation will be sanctioned by the Infectious Diseases Act with a criminal penalty of “up to 1 year in prison or a fine of up to 1 million yen”, and a new special crown measure will be provided for that companies can be ordered to leave under an emergency declaration. The pillar is to review the law and impose a “fine” of administrative punishment in case of infraction. The objective is to increase the effectiveness of the measures by granting them mandatory authority, but the content of the containment actions with sanctions is notorious, and the ruling and opposition parties have argued one after another.
Under the Special Measures Law, “precautionary measures” (provisional name) have recently been established to take measures in the previous stage in order to avoid the declaration of an emergency. By designating the period during which the prime minister will implement the measures and the area for each prefecture, the prefectural governor will “request” target facilities, such as restaurants, to shorten business hours, and if they fail to comply without a justifiable reason , “will order.” Change. It has also introduced a fine for violators and, according to government officials, is being adjusted to 300,000 yen or less under injunctions and 500,000 yen or less under an emergency declaration.
On the other hand, financial support for companies that have received a license application / order is limited to the provisions of the efforts, and the national responsibility is “to endeavor to take the necessary financial measures to support the measures of local governments” . Was. At the PLD meeting, attendees were concerned that “there is a possibility of infringing the property rights of companies, but government support is not balanced in terms of effort obligations.” Tetsuro Fukuyama, general secretary of the Constitutional Democratic Party, criticized at a press conference that “it should be a request to save time in accordance with sufficient compensation. It is very difficult to understand that the discussions proceed with sanctions.”
In addition to penalties for rejecting hospitalization recommendations, the Infectious Diseases Act has proposed a fine of up to 500,000 yen if the health center refuses to conduct interviews such as the history of actions to take to understand the route of infection. The law also stipulates requests for medical treatment at home / accommodation by prefectural governors, which are not currently provided.
The government plans to present a bill to modify the relevant law to the ordinary parliament convened on 18 and promulgate it in early February. (Atsushi Kawada)
