与党議員の銀座訪問、首相陳謝　「国民の理解得る行動を」

　菅義偉首相は２７日の参院予算委員会で、自民、公明両党の幹部が緊急事態宣言下にもかかわらずそれぞれ夜８時以降に東京・銀座のクラブなどを訪れたことに関し、「大変申し訳ない。国民の理解を得られる行動をすべきだ」と陳謝した。公明党の赤羽一嘉国土交通相は同党議員について「あってはならない。先輩としてしっかり指導したい」と述べた。立憲民主党の徳永エリ氏への答弁。
　徳永氏は、政府が新型コロナウイルス対策に関する特別措置法などの改正案で罰則導入を検討していることに触れ、「自分たちは自粛せず国民には罰則を科す。めちゃくちゃだ」などと批判した。
　これに関し、加藤勝信官房長官は記者会見で、緊急事態宣言下、国民に自粛を求めていることなどを指摘した上で、「そうしたことをしっかり踏まえた対応をお願いしたい」と与党側に協力を求めた。（2021/01/27-11:59）

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologized Wednesday for senior ruling coalition lawmakers' visits to bars offering hospitality services in Tokyo's posh Ginza district after 8 p.m. during a novel coronavirus state of emergency.
   "I am very sorry. (Lawmakers) should behave in a way that gains the public's understanding," Suga said at a meeting of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in response to a question by Eri Tokunaga, a lawmaker of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
   Jun Matsumoto, acting parliamentary affairs chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Kiyohiko Toyama, acting secretary-general of the LDP's coalition partner, Komeito, separately visited the bars and other places after 8 p.m. this month at a time when citizens were requested by the government not to go out after the time for nonessential purposes under the state of emergency, which covers Tokyo and 10 prefectures.
   Shukan Shincho and Shukan Bunshun weekly magazines have reported the visits in their electronic editions. Matsumoto and Toyama both acknowledged the visits and apologized to reporters Tuesday.
   Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Kazuyoshi Akaba, a Komeito member, said at the Upper House committee: "This should not happen. As a senior member of the party, I want to give him (Toyama) strict guidance."