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2009/05/28
Full ban on corporate and organisational donations, limitations on hereditary politicians approved
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On May 28, the DPJ Political Reform Promotion Headquarters held a general meeting at party headquarters and approved the following policies: (1) implementation, in three years time, of a comprehensive ban on corporate and organisational donations (including purchases of party tickets) (2) prohibition of relatives of Diet members having third-degree kinship or closer from running for election consecutively from the same electoral district (this to be stated in the DPJ party rules), and (3) limitations on inheriting political fund organisations.
The party is intending to submit an amendment to the Political Fund Control Law to the House of Representatives, which would contain provisions to implement a total ban on corporate and organisational donations in three years time, limitations on inheriting political fund organisations, and, in order to promote individual donations, introducing full tax exemption on donations from individuals between ￥1000 and ￥50, 000). This legislation could be submitted as early as June 1.
At the start of the meeting, the Chair of the Headquarters, DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada, “I would like us to submit the legislation by the end of this Diet session, so I have called this general meeting in order to hear everyone’s opinions. Both President Hatoyama and I explained the content [of the proposal] during the election for DPJ President, and so I would like to call for your approval without any changes.”
Hatoyama also addressed the meeting, saying, “I also made these proposals in yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Question Time so it would be politically difficult for me to retract them. I would like us to finalise things today.”
Headquarters Secretary, DPJ Deputy Secretary General Yoshihiko Noda explained the content of the proposal, and called for understanding from the floor, urging members to “have a forward-looking mindset with the intention of creating a new political culture.”
Participants in the general meeting asked many questions before approving the proposal.
Finally, Okada thanked the participants for their active participation in the debate, and expressed his resolve, saying “we will submit the proposal to the House of Representatives. The limitations on hereditary candidates running for office will be determined by party regulations. I would like to make this policy into a significant weapon for us in the general election.”
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