May 29 12:53 AM US/EasternTOKYO, May 29 (AP) - (Kyodo) — Legislation to reform Japan's public service system, beset by bureaucratic sectionalism and other problems, passed the House of Representatives Thursday, paving the way for its enactment during the ongoing Diet session.
Photo: Yoshimi Watanabe, Minister of State for Financial Services and Administrative Reform, smiles after the passage of the civil service reform plan in the House of Representatives on May 29.Under the bill, the Cabinet would conduct across-the-board management of personnel affairs of senior ministry and agency officials. The chief Cabinet secretary will make a draft plan, rather than the Cabinet ministers currently in charge of it.
The bill passed a lower house plenary session with majority approval of the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito party, the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and others.
It will be sent to the opposition-controlled House of Councillors and is expected to pass the chamber for enactment.
Whether the bill would pass the Diet has been a focal point as the ongoing session heads toward its end on June 15.
The ruling parties and the DPJ agreed Wednesday to revise the original bill submitted by the government, and seek the passage of the revised one during the Diet session.
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