Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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The Prime Minister Attends the Plenary Session of the House of Representatives

Photograph of the Prime Minister applauding after the passage and enactment of a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008

Photograph of the Prime Minister applauding after the passage and enactment of a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008

Photograph of the Prime Minister applauding after the passage and enactment of a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008

Photograph of the Prime Minister applauding after the passage and enactment of a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008

Prime Minister Taro Aso attended the plenary session of the House of Representatives. A law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008 (the Law on Special Provisions concerning Transfer of Funds from the Special Account for Fiscal Investment and Loan Program to Secure Necessary Financial Resources for Fiscal Management in Fiscal 2008) was enacted during this plenary session.

As the two Houses made differing decisions on the law -- with the House of Representatives passing the law during its plenary session on January 13 and the House of Councillors rejecting it during its plenary session on the morning of March 4 that preceded the plenary session of the House of Representatives of the day -- the law was immediately sent back to the House of Representatives. With a more than two-thirds majority in favor of the law as a result of an overriding vote, which took place during the plenary session of the House of Representatives, the law was enacted in accordance with the stipulation of the second paragraph of Article 59 of the Constitution.

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Photograph of the Prime Minister taking an overriding vote on a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008 during the plenary session of the House of Representatives (1)

Photograph of the Prime Minister taking an overriding vote on a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008 during the plenary session of the House of Representatives (1)

Photograph of the Prime Minister taking an overriding vote on a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008 during the plenary session of the House of Representatives (2)

Photograph of the Prime Minister taking an overriding vote on a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008 during the plenary session of the House of Representatives (2)

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  • Photograph of the Prime Minister applauding after the passage and enactment of a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008
  • Photograph of the Prime Minister taking an overriding vote on a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008 during the plenary session of the House of Representatives (1)
  • Photograph of the Prime Minister taking an overriding vote on a law related to the second supplementary budget of fiscal 2008 during the plenary session of the House of Representatives (2)