野党、臨時国会召集を要求　政権は応じない姿勢

　立憲民主党の安住淳国対委員長は２９日、国会内で自民党の森山裕国対委員長と会談し、新型コロナウイルス感染者の増加や全国各地の豪雨災害を受け、速やかに臨時国会を召集するよう求めた。森山氏は「政府に伝える」と答えたが、政権側は応じない姿勢だ。
　森山、安住両氏は８月５日に改めて会談することで合意。森山氏は、閉会中審査の継続に向けて「そのときよく協議をしたい」と述べた。
　会談に先立ち、野党各党は国対委員長会談を開き、臨時国会召集が必要との認識で一致した。週内に党首会談を開き、憲法５３条に基づく召集を要求する方針。
　安住氏は記者団に観光需要喚起策「Ｇｏ　Ｔｏ　トラベル」に触れ、「感染者数が激増し、慎重論があるにもかかわらず無理やり強行した。安倍晋三首相は国会で説明するどころか国民に向けて何ら説明していない」と批判。「８月は休んでいる場合ではない」と述べた。（2020/07/29-12:12）

Japanese opposition parties demanded Wednesday that an extraordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, be convened early in response to a resurgence in novel coronavirus cases and recent heavy rain disasters in many regions of the nation.
   Jun Azumi, Diet affairs chief of the major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, made the request at a meeting with Hiroshi Moriyama, head of Diet affairs of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   Moriyama told Azumi that he will convey the opposition demand to the government. But the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to reject the request, sources familiar with the situation said.
   Moriyama said that he wants to talk with Azumi about a proposal to continue off-session Diet debates when they meet again on Aug. 5.
   At a meeting earlier on Wednesday, the Diet affairs chiefs of the CDPJ and other opposition parties agreed that an extra Diet session should be held. Opposition parties plan to hold a meeting among their leaders later this week, aiming to demand an extra session based on Article 53 of the Constitution.