An advisory panel on June 16 proposed the largest-ever overhaul of Lower House districts to narrow the vote-value disparity that has created a “state of unconstitutionality” in national elections.
Another fact has surfaced that contradicts former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s explanations about dinner parties held for his supporters that have raised questions about whether his office covered some of the expenses in violation of the law.
Major beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. offered free alcoholic drinks at hotel receptions for Shinzo Abe’s constituents when he was prime minister possibly breaching the law governing political contributions from businesses, according to an expert.
A Supreme Court ruling has delivered a scathing rebuke to the government and the Diet, which have denied the people, who have the sovereign power, a constitutional right without good reason for many years.
The opposition Social Democratic Party is going to great lengths to gain supporters, but it still might cease to exist as a political party after this summer’s Upper House election.