臨時交付金、６１３４億円不足　新型コロナで増額を要請―全国知事会議

　全国知事会議が５日、テレビ会議方式で開かれた。新型コロナウイルスに対応するための「地方創生臨時交付金」について、都道府県の不足見込み額が計約６１３４億円に上っているとして、政府に増額を求める提言をまとめた。
　知事会の飯泉嘉門会長（徳島県知事）は、会議後の記者会見で「感染拡大防止や医療機関などへの支援について、しっかりと国に提言をしていく」と述べた。
　臨時交付金に関しては、１０月１日時点の状況を集計した。知事会の調査に対し、全都道府県が不足を見込んでいると回答。すでに支出した分を含め必要額は中小企業への支援などで計約１兆８４３８億円に達したが、交付額は計約１兆２３０４億円にとどまった。不足見込み額は、８月に調査した計約５００５億円から拡大した。
　テレビ会議では「雇用の維持などに活用しているが、影響の長期化により経済の厳しさは増している。交付額が十分ではない」（三村申吾青森県知事）といった声が相次いだ。（2020/11/05-15:59）

Japanese prefectural governors compiled a set of proposals to the central government on Thursday, including an increase in special grants for helping local communities ease the impacts of the novel coronavirus epidemic.
   At the day's online meeting, the National Governors' Association said that the country's 47 prefectures saw shortfalls totaling an estimated 613.4 billion yen in the aid as of Oct. 1.
   "We'll firmly propose to the state measures such as those for preventing the spread of the coronavirus and supporting medical institutions," Kamon Iizumi, head of the association and governor of the western prefecture of Tokushima, told a press conference after the meeting.
   According to the association's survey on the coronavirus grants, the 47 prefectures need a total of 1,843.8 billion yen, including the amounts already spent, for financing small business support and other relief measures. But the total amount provided by the central government stood at 1,230.4 billion yen. All prefectures saw shortfalls, the survey showed. The total estimated shortfalls increased from 500.5 billion yen as of August.
   At the videoconference, many governors called for increases in the grants. Shingo Mimura, governor of the northeastern prefecture of Aomori, said: "We are using the grants for job security and other measures. As the local economy is increasingly severe amid prolonged impacts of the virus crisis, however, the amount of the aid is not enough."