高木氏に党員資格停止検討　裏金処分、４日に党紀委―自民

　自民党は３日、派閥裏金事件の処分を巡り、詰めの調整を行った。安倍派の高木毅前国対委員長は８段階ある党の処分で３番目に重い「党員資格の停止」を軸に検討。萩生田光一前政調会長と松野博一前官房長官は６番目の「党の役職停止」とする案を調整している。執行部は、４日午後４時から開く党紀委員会で処分を決定したい考えだ。
　党規律規約は党員資格の停止期間について「３カ月以上、２年以下」と定めている。資格停止中は衆参両院選挙の公認や推薦は得られず、党総裁選への立候補や投票もできない。（2024/04/03-23:20）

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering suspending former parliamentary affairs chief Tsuyoshi Takagi from party membership over a high-profile slush funds scandal involving intraparty factions, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
   The LDP is also expected to suspend former policy chief Koichi Hagiuda and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno from party posts, the people said.
   Takagi, Hagiuda and Matsuno are key members of the intraparty faction formerly led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which is at the center of the scandal.
   The LDP's ethics committee is expected to formalize punishments for those involved in the scandal, including Takagi, Hagiuda and Matsuno, as early as Thursday.
   Suspension from party membership is the third-heaviest measure in the eight-tier penalty system under the LDP's disciplinary rules. Suspension from party posts is the sixth-heaviest measure.