衆院、政治改革特別委を設置　月内にも初開催

　衆院は１１日の本会議で、政治改革特別委員会の設置を議決した。自民党派閥の裏金事件を受けた対応で、月内にも初開催。与野党は再発防止のため、政治資金規正法改正の議論に着手する。
　政治倫理確立・公職選挙法改正特別委員会を改組。委員数は５人増やし、４０人体制とした。各会派ごとの割り当ては自民党・無所属の会２２人、立憲民主党・無所属８人、日本維新の会・教育無償化を実現する会４人、公明党３人、共産党１人、国民民主党・無所属クラブ１人、有志の会１人。
　委員長は自民党の石田真敏元総務相が務め、同党の木原誠二幹事長代理、立民の野田佳彦元首相が委員に名を連ねる。参院も１２日に設置する。
　規正法改正を巡り、自民、公明両党は来週から実務者協議を始める見通し。与党案の取りまとめを急ぐ。
　一方、野党は政治改革特別委で引き続き裏金事件を追及する構え。立民の長妻昭政調会長は１１日の記者会見で「自民党のぬるい処分で一件落着にしてはならない」と強調した。（2024/04/11-19:06）

Japan's House of Representatives voted to establish a special committee for political reform at a plenary meeting Thursday, in response to a high-profile slush funds scandal involving factions of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   The special committee of the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, plans to hold its first meeting by the end of this month to discuss the envisaged revisions to the political funds control law to prevent a recurrence of similar scandals.
   The new panel will be reorganized from the Lower House's special committee on political ethics and public offices election law. The number of committee members will be increased by five to 40.
   The LDP and its coalition partner, Komeito, are set to start talks between their working-level officials next week, planning to compile their draft proposal on revising the political funds control law.
   Meanwhile, opposition parties are expected to grill the LDP at the new committee over the scandal, in which some LDP factions paid kickbacks to member lawmakers by using revenues from fundraising parties without reporting them in political funds statements.