The 222nd extraordinary session of the Diet was convened on October 5. JCP Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko at the JCP Dietmembers’ general assembly said, “Let us realize a consumption tax cut that really protects people’s livelihoods!”
Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko stated that Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s policy speech to the Diet lacked policies which address public demands: “Do something about the high prices!”
Opposition parties agreed that in the upcoming extraordinary session of the Diet, they will work together to block the ruling parties’ attempt to pass a bill to cut the number of seats in the House of Representatives.