Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will finalize a plan on reforming special public entities in early December if the government fails to reach a consensus on the issue, according to a final draft of the plan released Saturday.
According to the timetable on streamlining public corporations, known as special purpose entities, Koizumi will make the decision if Nobuteru Ishihara, state minister in charge of administrative reform, fails to reach an agreement with Cabinet ministers on how to reform the government-affiliated bodies in each minister's jurisdiction.
However, several members of Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party and its task force on administrative reform are opposed to the plan to review SPEs.