Bill To Delay Prosecutor Retirement Scrapped
A bill that created a heated debate in Japan over the retirement system for public prosecutors has been scrapped.
The legislation aimed to raise the retirement age for public prosecutors in stages to 65. The Cabinet would have also allowed senior prosecutors to stay in their positions for up to three additional years.
But the government and the ruling bloc have given up on enacting the bill to revise the Public Prosecutors' Office Act during the current session of the Diet, citing a lack of public support.
Other legislation to extend the retirement age for national civil employees in stages to 65 was also scrapped.
On Wednesday, the closing day of the Diet session, the Lower House plenary session forewent the procedure to continue deliberations on the bill after the Cabinet Committee directors decided not to take the process.
The government and the ruling bloc are aiming to resubmit the bill to the extraordinary Diet session slated to be convened later this year.
But they will review its contents, because opposition parties are demanding that a provision to allow top prosecutors to stay longer on the job be retracted.
