茂木自民幹事長、村上氏処分を党紀委諮問へ　「国賊」発言、安倍派猛反発

　自民党の茂木敏充幹事長は２９日、故安倍晋三元首相を「国賊」と表現した村上誠一郎・元行政改革担当相の処分を党紀委員会に諮る考えを示した。処分の申し入れに訪れた安倍派の塩谷立会長代理に伝えたもので、塩谷氏が記者団に明らかにした。
　安倍派はこれに先立つ総会で、村上氏に厳正な処分を求める決議を行った。塩谷氏は記者団に「大変問題な発言だ。（衆院選への）立候補にも安倍総裁の公認をもらっている。その人を国賊と言ったら、自ら先にやめるべきではないか」と指摘し、自発的に離党するよう訴えた。（2022/09/29-20:10）

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will consider whether to punish member lawmaker Seiichiro Murakami for describing slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a "traitor," it was learned Thursday.
   LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi indicated his intention of asking the party's ethics committee to discuss the matter when Ryu Shionoya, acting head of an intraparty faction previously led by Abe, demanded the party punish Murakami, Shionoya told reporters.
   Earlier in the day, the biggest LDP faction held a meeting and decided to request Murakami's punishment.
   On Sept. 20, Murakami, a House of Representatives lawmaker, clarified his opposition to Abe's state funeral, criticizing the former prime minister as "a traitor who crumbed up the country's state finance, financial system, diplomacy and bureaucracy."
   Stressing that the remark is "very problematic," Shionoya said, "Murakami should quit the party because he called a person who gave him a party ticket a traitor."