政府・与党、２次補正編成へ　「５～１０兆円」案浮上―会期内成立目指す

　政府・与党は新型コロナウイルス感染拡大を受けた新たな経済対策を盛り込む２０２０年度第２次補正予算案を月内をめどに編成し、今国会に提出する方針を固めた。自民党内には財政支出を５兆～１０兆円とする案が浮上。安倍晋三首相が今月中旬に指示し、６月１７日までの会期内成立を目指す。
　自民党幹部によると、今月２７日に２次補正案を閣議決定し、６月８日に提出する予定。予算額のうち３兆～４兆円程度を予備費とする方向で調整するという。
　首相は１１日の衆院予算委員会で「スピード感が大切だ。対策が必要であればこの国会で対応していきたい」と述べた。緊急事態宣言の一部を解除する１４日にも編成を判断する考えを示した。
　この後、首相は自民党役員会で、家賃支払いに苦しむ中小事業者支援について「野党とも協議した上で、可能な限りスピーディーに対策を講じていきたい」と表明。学生支援、雇用調整助成金の拡充、大企業・中堅企業を含めた事業継続支援に言及し、「政府・与党として早急に検討を進めたい」と語った。
　政府・与党は１次補正に１兆円が計上された自治体向け臨時交付金の上積みも検討する。（2020/05/11-22:16）

The Japanese government and ruling coalition plan to submit a second draft supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, featuring new economic measures related to the COVID-19 epidemic, during the ongoing session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, informed sources said Monday.
   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to instruct his government in the middle of this month to draw up the budget, aiming to have it enacted by the end of the Diet session on June 17, the sources said.
   "It is important to do this with a sense of speed," Abe said during a meeting of the Budget Committee in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, on Monday. "If measures are needed, I want to respond to them during this Diet session."
   Abe suggested that he will make a final decision on whether to compile the second extra budget as early as Thursday, when parts of the government's state of emergency declaration will likely be lifted.
   The second supplementary budget bill is seen featuring aid for small businesses having trouble paying rent and students struggling financially, as well as raising the upper limit for subsidies to companies who give leave benefits to temporarily laid-off employees.