臨時国会が召集　石破政権、初の本格論戦へ

　第２１６臨時国会が２８日召集された。石破茂首相が就任後初めて衆参両院の予算委員会に出席し、野党との本格論戦に臨む。自民党派閥の裏金事件を受けた政治資金規正法の再改正と、総合経済対策の裏付けとなる２０２４年度補正予算案の成立を目指す。衆院選で大敗し、少数与党に陥った石破政権は苦しい国会運営を迫られそうだ。会期は１２月２１日までの２４日間。
　首相は２８日、首相官邸で記者団に「より丁寧に各党の意見を聞きながら国会を運営していきたい」と述べ、まずは補正予算案の成立に全力を挙げる考えを表明。立憲民主党の野田佳彦代表は党会合で「衆院選で自公を過半数割れに追い込むことができた。その結果、どういうことが起きるのかを国会活動を通じて国民に示したい」と語った。
　首相の所信表明演説は召集翌日の２９日、衆参両院での代表質問は週明け１２月２～４日に実施。５日に衆院、６日に参院で首相と全閣僚が出席する予算委が開かれる。衆院予算委員長は立民の安住淳氏が務める。審議が野党ペースで進む可能性がある。（2024/11/28-11:01）

Japan's parliament opened a 24-day extraordinary session on Thursday as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeks to enact political reform legislation and a supplementary budget.
   He is expected to face intensified pressure from opposition parties after his ruling coalition lost its majority in the powerful House of Representatives in an election last month.
   Ishiba, who took office in October, will deliver a policy speech in both parliamentary chambers on Friday, followed by question-and-answer sessions from Monday through Wednesday.
   Budget committee discussions, which will be attended by Ishiba and all of his cabinet ministers, are scheduled to take place at the Lower House on Dec. 5 and at the House of Councillors, or the Upper House, on Dec. 6.
   Jun Azumi of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, will chair the Lower House Budget Committee, becoming the first opposition lawmaker to assume the important post in three decades.