自・立、安倍氏国葬で閉会中審査　追悼演説は秋に先送り

　自民党の高木毅、立憲民主党の馬淵澄夫両国対委員長は１日、国会内で会談し、故安倍晋三元首相の国葬の実施に先立ち、政府による国会への報告と閉会中審査を行うことで大筋一致した。時期や方法は今後話し合う。高木氏は、安倍氏の追悼演説を秋の臨時国会に先送りする方針も伝えた。
　高木、馬淵両氏は、政府が３日に召集する臨時国会の会期について５日までの３日間とする日程で合意した。馬淵氏は国葬に関する政府の説明が先決として会期を大幅に取るよう求めていたが、閉会中審査の実施を条件に譲歩した。（2022/08/01-18:00）

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan broadly agreed Monday to hold an off-session parliamentary meeting on a planned state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
   The broad accord was reached between LDP parliamentary affairs chief Tsuyoshi Takagi and his CDP counterpart, Sumio Mabuchi. Details of the off-session meeting will be discussed later.
   Meanwhile, Takagi informed Mabuchi of the LDP's plan to postpone a memorial speech for Abe at the Diet, Japan's parliament, to this autumn's extraordinary session.
   The LDP and CDP officials also agreed that another extraordinary Diet session, to be convened by the government on Wednesday, will run for five days.
   Initially, Mabuchi called for a longer extra session, in order to have the government explain its state funeral plan. But the CDP side accepted the schedule on condition that an off-session meeting on the state funeral be held.