立民、公明代表が能登視察　衆院選へ復旧・防災訴え

　立憲民主党の野田佳彦代表と公明党の石井啓一代表は５日、先月の大雨で大きな被害を受けた石川県・能登半島をそれぞれ視察した。公示が１５日に迫る衆院選（２７日投開票）に向け、復旧・復興や防災対応に取り組む姿勢を訴えた。
　野田氏は輪島市で、１月の地震後に建設された仮設住宅が浸水した状況などを見て回った。記者団に「二重被害の深刻さを肌で感じた」と指摘。石破茂首相が被災地支援に予備費を充てる方針であることに対し、「事業や生活の再生に取り組むためには（２０２４年度）補正予算が最低限必要だ」と述べ、衆院選前の補正成立を改めて求めた。
　石井氏は珠洲市の農業法人で水利施設の被害を視察した。記者団に「全国どこで線状降水帯やゲリラ豪雨が発生してもおかしくない。事前の防災・減災対策が重要だ」と強調した。（2024/10/05-17:38）

The leaders of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, the junior member of the ruling bloc, separately visited on Saturday the Noto Peninsula, which was heavily damaged by torrential rain in late September, nearly nine months after a powerful earthquake struck the region Jan. 1.
   They demonstrated their parties' efforts to promote the reconstruction of areas afflicted by the disasters and work on disaster reduction measures ahead of the Oct. 27 general election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament.
   Visiting the city of Wajima on the peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, CDP head Yoshihiko Noda looked around inundated makeshift housing units built for people affected by the New Year's Day quake and other afflicted districts.
   "I felt firsthand how serious the damage is from the double disasters," Noda told reporters.
   While Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took office Tuesday, plans to use the government's reserve funds as resources for more reconstruction aid to affected areas in the peninsula, Noda, former prime minister, called for the enactment of a fiscal 2024 supplementary budget before the general election. "To promote the rebuilding of business operations and livelihoods, compiling an extra budget (for fiscal 2024) is a minimum necessary measure," he said.