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The representative’s question at the main House meeting on the 20th about Prime Minister Yoshii Suga’s policy speech focused on measures against the novel corona virus. Yukio Edano, representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, pointed out the “mismanagement” that could not prevent the spread of the infection and called for the expansion of economic support. The prime minister took an optimistic stance and expressed his determination to resolve the infection early, but did not respond to questions posed head-on.
◆ For the attack by Mr. Edano …
“Medical care is more of a collapse than a difficult one.”
Mr. Edano cut this off at the beginning of the question. As a result of the prime minister’s emphasis on economic activities such as the continuation of the “Go To Travel” tourism support project, he criticized that the infection has spread explosively. I emphasized.
As a counterproposal, he urged a policy change to “zero crown,” which resumes economic activities after fully containing infections. He also called for more financial support for workers, including medical workers and large corporations.
In response, Prime Minister Kan insisted: “We will take the necessary measures based on the idea of maintaining employment and business while suppressing the spread of the infection.” No delays in the government’s response or errors in judgment were admitted.
There were dissenting views on the amendments to the new Crown Special Measures Act, which the government and the ruling party intend to enact in early February.
Mr. Edano pointed out that the opposition party had tabled amendments such as the Special Measures Law at the end of the extraordinary parliament in early December last year. “Why didn’t you hold parliament for a month and a half? If you deliberated during this time, the review had already been done,” he criticized.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister explained, “Due to restrictions on private rights, careful discussions have been continued in (government’s expert) subcommittees.” Regarding the closing of the extraordinary parliament, he only stated that “the session will be decided by the parliament.”
After the meeting, Mr. Edano told reporters: “I was able to point out what he had to do now, but the Prime Minister did not feel a sense of ownership due to the repeated responses that seemed to generate responsibility.”
Since the content of the representative question was notified to the government in advance, the Prime Minister was able to engage in “driving safely” by reading the manuscript aloud. Even so, there were some errors like calling “safety net” “secure network”. Before the question-and-answer budget committee, the PLD leaked anxiety over the answer, saying: “The sharpness I had when I was secretary general of the Secretariat has disappeared.” (Atsushi Kawada, Chiharu Ichikawa)
