被害者救済へ与野党初協議　岸田首相「立・維法案の中身見る」―旧統一教会問題

　世界平和統一家庭連合（旧統一教会）を巡る高額献金や霊感商法の社会問題化を受け、自民、公明、立憲民主、日本維新の会の４党は２１日、被害者救済のための法整備に向け、与野党協議会の初会合を国会内で開き、検討を急ぐことを確認した。政府は議論を踏まえ、今国会中に法整備の一部を実現したい考えだ。
　協議会には自民党の若宮健嗣霊感・悪徳商法等被害救済小委員長、公明党の大口善徳政調会長代理、立民の長妻昭政調会長、維新の音喜多駿政調会長らが出席。同席した公明の佐藤茂樹国対委員長は「被害者救済に与野党の別はない」と指摘し、立民の安住淳国対委員長は「（政府と野党の考えの）いいとこ取りをし、早急に成立させるのが目的だ」と語った。
　これに関連し、岸田文雄首相は同日、維新の馬場伸幸代表らと国会内で会談。立民、維新両党が国会に共同提出した被害者救済法案に関し「よく中身を見る。政府としてできるものから法案を出していく」と語った。（2022/10/21-12:30）

Japan's ruling and major opposition parties Friday started discussions to prepare legislation for aid to victims of the religious group known as the Unification Church.
   At the first meeting of a joint a council on the issue, the four parties agreed to accelerate work to consider relief measures for those who were made to buy goods at exorbitant prices in so-called spiritual sales or pay huge donations by the group, officially called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
   The four are the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, as well as the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) in the opposition side.
   Based on discussions at the council, the government aims to realize at least part of the legislation during the current session of the Diet, the country's parliament, running until December.
   "There is no distinction between ruling and opposition parties when it comes to relief measures for the victims," said Komeito Diet affairs head Shigeki Sato, who took part in the meeting.