規正法改正「抜け道が並ぶ」　野党、与党案を批判

　自民党の派閥裏金事件を受けた政治資金規正法改正を巡り、与野党の実務者らが１２日、ＮＨＫの討論番組で意見を交わした。自民は先にまとめた与党案について「法違反の根絶につながる」と効果を強調。野党は「抜け道が並んでいる」「国民を小ばかにする内容」などと酷評した。
　自民作業部会座長の鈴木馨祐氏は「再発防止の観点に立ち、必要な改正を進めていく」と説明。立憲民主党の落合貴之氏は、政治資金パーティー券の公開基準引き下げや、政策活動費の使途公開の具体策が与党案に明示されていないことに関し「現状から変わらない」と批判した。日本維新の会の青柳仁士氏も「企業・団体献金（見直し）を完全にスルー（無視）し、政策活動費は具体策ゼロだ」と述べた。
　鈴木氏は政策活動費の使途公開について、「台湾との関係（の議員外交）や野党対策も含め必要とされるものがある。オープンが現実的なのか」と慎重な考えを示した。国民民主党の古川元久氏は「危機意識が本当に欠けている。国民の不信は払拭できない」と自民の姿勢を指弾した。
　共産党の塩川鉄也氏は「企業・団体献金を禁止し、企業・団体のパーティー券購入も禁止する」と訴えた。（2024/05/12-14:54）

An official of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in a television program Sunday, stressed that the ruling bloc's proposals for revising the political funds control law would be effective in eradicating law violations, while opposition party officials claimed that there are many loopholes.
   On the proposals compiled in the wake of a high-profile slush funds scandal involving LDP factions, Keisuke Suzuki, who heads a working team under the LDP's political reform headquarters, said, "We will proceed with necessary revisions from the viewpoint of preventing a recurrence."
   In the same TV program, Takayuki Ochiai of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan criticized the ruling bloc's proposals as making little change, as they fail to call for lowering the threshold for the disclosure of the names of fundraising party ticket buyers and present specific ways of disclosing the usage of so-called policy activity funds.
   Hitoshi Aoyagi of opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) said that the proposals "completely ignored" the review of political donations from companies and groups and presented "zero concrete steps" over the handling of policy activity funds.
   The LDP's Suzuki took a cautious stance over the disclosure of the usage of policy activity funds, saying: "There are some things that need to be done, including relations with Taiwan and measures against opposition parties. I wonder if it would be realistic to make these open."