Based upon the points noted above, the following measures to improve the legislative assistance functions for the Diet are proposed.
- The government should appeal to the public, seeking their understanding as to budget limitations.
- Any plan to reduce the number of the Diet Members should be specific.
- Diet Members should have the resolve to make use of legislative assistance organizations constructively and organically.
- The present system among the existing legislative assistance organizations should be enhanced with closer cooperative ties and comprehensively.
- Any plans which facilitate the legislative proposal process and total revitalization plan for the Diet should be carried out simultaneously.
- The number of cosponsors required for a member initiated legislation should be reduced.
- Relaxation of the Binding Power of Party Decisions Should Be Considered.
- The so-called government committee system which allows the presence of government bureaucrats in the meeting of a Diet committee should be abolished. This should encourage free flow discussion of matters among Diet members.
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