「派閥」存続・新設を禁止　自民、規約など改正了承

　自民党は１２日午前の総務会で、派閥の政治資金パーティー裏金事件を踏まえたガバナンスコード（統治指針）、党規律規約の改正を了承した。「派閥」の存続・新設を禁止するほか、会計責任者が立件されるなどした際の議員への処分厳格化が柱。１７日から実施する。
　ガバナンスコードの改正は、派閥について「資金力と人事への影響力を背景に党所属の国会議員を集め、数を増やし、その数の力によって影響力を増そうとする組織」と定義。こうした「旧来の派閥」の存続・新設を禁止すると明記した。
　規律規約の改正は、会計責任者が逮捕・起訴された時点で議員にも「党の役職停止」「国会・政府の役職辞任勧告」「選挙での非公認」「党員資格停止」「離党勧告」の処分を可能にした。また、会計責任者の有罪が確定した場合、議員は離党勧告か除名の処分とすると定めた。（2024/03/12-11:59）

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday adopted new internal rules prohibiting the continuation and creation of traditional intraparty factions and toughening penalties for lawmakers whose accountants are indicted.
   The LDP approved the revisions of its governance code and disciplinary regulations at a meeting of its General Council. The new rules, set to take effect Sunday, were drafted in response to a slush funds scandal involving revenues from factions' fundraising parties.
   The governance code revision defines factions as "organizations that use their funding ability and influence over personnel matters to increase member lawmakers and utilize a larger membership to exert greater influence."
   The revised code calls for banning the continuation and creation of such "traditional factions."
   The disciplinary regulations revision enables the party to punish lawmakers whose accountants are arrested or indicted, by suspending them from party posts, advising them to resign from parliamentary and government positions, refusing to endorse them in elections, suspending their party membership or advising them to leave the party.