コロナ対応で補正編成を　会期３カ月程度延長―立・共・国

　立憲民主、共産、国民民主の野党３党の国対委員長は９日、国会内で会談し、１６日に会期末を迎える今国会の終盤対応を協議した。会期を少なくとも３カ月程度延長した上で、２０２１年度補正予算案を編成して、新型コロナウイルス対策に注力すべきだとの認識で一致した。
　会談後、立憲の安住淳国対委員長は記者団に「少なくとも東京五輪・パラリンピックが終わるまでは閉じるべきではない。大幅に会期延長をして補正予算を処理するということだ」と語った。（2021/06/09-11:03）

Parliamentary affairs chiefs of three Japanese opposition parties at a meeting Wednesday agreed on the need for the compilation of a fiscal 2021 supplementary state budget to finance measures against the novel coronavirus.
   The officials from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Japanese Communist Party and the Democratic Party for the People also shared the view that the ongoing regular session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, should be extended for at least about three months. The 150-day regular session is currently scheduled to close on June 16.
   "The Diet session needs to remain open at least until the end of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics," CDP Diet affairs chief Jun Azumi told reporters after the meeting, adding that the session should be extended substantially to enact a supplementary budget.
   "The political atmosphere will change dramatically" if the government and the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc reject the demand for the extension of the Diet session, he said.
   The Olympics is slated to take place between late July and early August, and the Paralympics between late August and early September.