文科相不信任案、２０日否決　立民、旧統一教会との関係「不適格」

　立憲民主党は１９日、世界平和統一家庭連合（旧統一教会）関連団体との過去の関係について説明責任を果たしていない盛山正仁文部科学相は不適格だとして、衆院に文科相不信任決議案を提出した。不信任案は２０日午後の衆院本会議で、与党などの反対多数で否決される見通しだ。
　岸田文雄首相は首相官邸で記者団に「盛山氏は過去はともかく、現時点では当該団体と一切関係がない」と強調。「引き続き職責を果たしてもらいたい」と述べ、更迭を否定した。
　盛山氏は２０２１年１０月の衆院選で、教団の関連団体から推薦状を受け取っていた疑惑などが指摘されている。衆院予算委員会で盛山氏は「（推薦状を）受け取ったのではないか」などと曖昧な答弁を繰り返していた。（2024/02/19-18:22）

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted a no-confidence motion against education minister Masahito Moriyama on Monday.
   The CDP claimed that Moriyama made unacceptable parliamentary remarks over his relations with an organization linked to the controversial religious group Unification Church in connection with the October 2021 election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan's parliament.
   The motion was submitted to the Lower House and is expected to be put to a vote at a plenary meeting Tuesday afternoon.
   Prior to this, the CDP held an extraordinary meeting of its senior members and decided to submit the motion alone.
   "Unfortunately, we have no choice but to recognize that he had ties with the Unification Church. It's serious that he had been hiding" the relationship, Jun Azumi, the CDP's Diet affairs chief, told reporters.