He called for finding out the truth about the scandals implicating the prime minister and Moritomo Gakuen and Kake Educational Institution and cooperation to block the prime minister's attempts to revise Article 9 of the pacifist Constitution.
Seiji Mataichi, secretary general of the Social Democratic Party, said that the prime minister has been abusing his power for his own agenda and the opposition parties should cooperate to probe into the Moritomo Gakuen and Kake Educational Institution scandals.
The ruling coalition initially proposed closing the parliamentary session on Nov. 8, allowing only for the election to formally reaffirm Abe as prime minister.
But the opposition objected to such a schedule, saying that it would allow Abe to avoid questions over the cronyism scandals that significantly brought down his support rate earlier in the year.
Abe has been under fire for his connection with nationalist private school operator Moritomo Gakuen, which purchased a piece of state-owned land in Osaka for only a fraction of the market price.
He has also been accused of using his influence to make the government choose Kake Educational Institution, run by a close friend of Abe's, to open a new department in a government-designated special economic zone.
Abe's platform of using revenue generated by the consumption tax hike for welfare policies instead of paying debt, has also raised concerns over further deterioration of Japan's fiscal health, with the nation's debt already twice the size of its gross domestic product.
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