立憲・枝野氏、内閣不信任案に慎重　コロナ拡大で「解散できず」

　立憲民主党の枝野幸男代表は１０日、菅内閣の不信任決議案を今国会に提出することに現時点で慎重な考えを示した。国会内で記者団の質問に対し、新型コロナウイルス感染症の収束に見通しが付かない現状を踏まえ、「衆院を解散できる状況にない。（政府・与党幹部は）『提出したら解散』と明言しているので、提出はできない」と答えた。野党が不信任案を出した場合、菅義偉首相は衆院解散の「大義」になるとの認識を示している。（2021/05/10-12:04）

Japanese opposition leader Yukio Edano expressed on Monday a cautious stance on submitting a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's cabinet during the current parliamentary session.
   "The situation does not warrant a dissolution" of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, considering the raging novel coronavirus epidemic, Edano, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, told reporters.
   He added that the opposition camp cannot submit such a motion because executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the government have made clear that the Lower House will be dissolved if one is submitted.
   Suga has said that the submission of a no-confidence motion against his cabinet would serve as justification for calling a snap election.
   Japan needs to have a Lower House general election before the four-year term of the chamber's lawmakers expires in October. The current Diet session is slated to end on June 16.