Preparations to Avoid a Motion of No Confidence in the Cabinet: Pension Reform Is the Justification

The agreement by the LDP, Komeito, and CDP to amend the pension system reform bill is tied to the positions of each party regarding a motion of no confidence in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru. Both the LDP and CDP have their own reasons for wanting to avoid submitting the motion, and pension reform is their justification for doing so. (See page 2 of the general article) On the 27th, CDP leader Noda Yoshihiko met with Prime Minister…

On the 28th, the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, and Constitutional Democratic Party jointly submitted an amendment to the Diet that adds provisions to raise basic pensions to the appendix of the pension system reform bill.