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[March 06, 2006]

Ruling bloc eyes extending suspension term for problem lawmakers+

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)TOKYO, March 6_(Kyodo) _ The ruling coalition parties agreed Monday to consider sharply extending the term of suspension imposed on lawmakers as a disciplinary measure from the current 30 days, key coalition lawmakers said.



Hiroyuki Hosoda, chief of the parliamentary proceedings committee of the Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, and his counterpart in the LDP's coalition partner, the New Komeito party, Junji Higashi, agreed to the plan in a meeting, they said.

Proposals which have been floated in the ruling coalition include those to extend the term to 90 days or 150 days, they said.



The two parties came up with the plan as they are arranging to impose a 30-day suspension on Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the lower house from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, who is accused of attacking the LDP's No. 2 leader based on a fabricated e-mail message.

Nagata claimed in a parliamentary committee meeting last month that the e-mail message suggested a suspicious money link between LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe and indicted Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie. But he and his party officially withdraw the claim later, admitting it was false.

Many ruling bloc members said a 30-day suspension is too lenient as the second-heaviest punishment parliament can impose under the current rule, the lawmakers said. The most severe punishment is expulsion from parliament.

Even if the term is extended, Nagata is unlikely to be subject to the measure as coalition lawmakers are planning to respect the spirit of the Constitution against applying new rules retrospectively, they said.

Nagata has been temporarily suspended from the DPJ, leaving him technically as an independent lawmaker in parliament.

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