The Democratic Party of Japan has asked the Liberal Democratic Party for a meeting of the two parties’ presidents as early as Tuesday.
DPJ Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Koriki Jojima told his LDP counterpart, Fumio Kishida, during their meeting Friday in the Diet Building that the DPJ wants to hold a meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and LDP President Sadakazu Tanigaki.
The LDP has yet to reply.
According to DPJ sources, Noda plans to ask Tanigaki for the LDP’s cooperation on four points:
— Integrated reform of the social security and tax systems, including a bill to raise the consumption tax rate.
— A special government bond bill authorizing the issuance of deficit-covering bonds.
— Establishment of a nuclear regulatory agency.
— Reform of the national civil servants system, with providing basic labor rights to national government workers as the main pillar.
At a press conference Friday, Jojima said: “The LDP has insisted that it can’t enter talks between the ruling and opposition parties unless the Cabinet officially approves [the consumption tax hike bill]. As the Cabinet has approved the bill and it was submitted to the Diet, the prime minister wants to ask again for the talks [when meeting Tanigaki].”
Kishida, Tanigaki and LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara discussed at party headquarters how to deal with the request.
Kishida said at a press conference, “The government and ruling parties should present the schedule under which they want to discuss the integrated reform of the social security and tax systems.”
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