立民、内閣不信任案提出　午後に否決、臨時国会閉幕

　第２１２臨時国会は１３日午後、閉幕する。立憲民主党は自民党派閥の政治資金パーティー収入裏金化疑惑を踏まえ、岸田内閣不信任決議案を衆院に提出した。日本維新の会や共産党は賛成する方針。午後の衆院本会議で採決され、与党などの反対多数で否決される見通し。
　内閣不信任案への対応について、岸田文雄首相は首相官邸で記者団に「信じるところに従って、粛々と対応する」と語った。
　一方、立民の泉健太代表は党会合で、岸田政権について「正当性はない。信任に値しない」と指摘。裏金化疑惑についても「（自民党は）党全体が腐っていると言わざるを得ない」と断じた。（2023/12/13-13:09）

Japan's House of Representatives on Wednesday voted down a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
   The motion was submitted earlier in the day by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan over a political funds scandal involving major factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which is led by Kishida.
   The motion was rejected by a majority vote at the day's plenary meeting of the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, mainly by the LDP-led ruling camp.
   The CDP, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), the Japanese Communist Party and Reiwa Shinsengumi voted in favor. Nippon Ishin voted for a no-confidence motion against a cabinet for the first time since it was renamed from Osaka Ishin no Kai in August 2016.
   During the extraordinary parliamentary session ending on Wednesday, the Diet passed a supplementary budget for fiscal 2023 to finance an economic package and bills including the one to tighten monitoring of the Unification Church to ensure relief to its victims.