The Democratic Party of Japan said Tuesday it will submit during the special Diet session that starts this week a bill aimed at repealing pension reform laws enacted in early June.
Executive DPJ members decided during a morning meeting to submit the bill quickly, reversing a previous decision not to present it until an extra Diet session in the fall, because the ruling bloc is seeking to hold the session that starts Friday for only four to five days and the bill would just be promptly voted down.
The about-face came as many participants at the meeting said the party should follow the will of the people as shown in the July 11 House of Councilors election, in which the DPJ increased its number of seats to 50, one seat more than was won by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.