Reversal Committee - Gyakuten Iinkai

Japanese: 逆転委員会 - ぎゃくてんいいんかい

…The members of a special committee serve until the bill is passed by the House. The number of members is allocated to each political party based on the ratio of the number of members belonging to each political party (when the number of seats between the ruling and opposition parties is evenly matched, the ruling party takes the chairman's post, and the number of members other than the chairman reverses, resulting in a number of so-called "reversed committees"). When a bill is submitted (by the Cabinet) or proposed (by a member), the Speaker, in principle, refers it to the appropriate committee. …

From the Budget Committee

…When the seats held by the ruling and opposition parties are evenly matched, the offensive and defensive battle over such amendments becomes more intense. In 1979 and 1980, the ruling party (the Liberal Democratic Party) took the chair of the Diet, and as a result, the budget bill was deliberated by a majority of the opposition members (a so-called reversal committee). On the premise of a final agreement between the ruling and opposition parties, the bill was rejected in the Budget Committee, but then passed in the plenary session. Parliamentary Committee System [Tsuzuki Tsutomu]. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Reverse Committee" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…特別委員会の委員は，付託された案件がその院で議決されるまで，その任にある。委員数の各会派への割当ては，会派所属議員数の比率による(与野党議席数伯仲の時期になると，委員長ポストを与党がとるために委員長以外の委員数では与野党の勢力が逆転する，いわゆる逆転委員会が少なからず生ずる)。　法案が提出(内閣による)または発議(議員による)されたときは，議長は，原則として，それを適当の委員会に付託する。…

【予算委員会】より

…与野党の議席が伯仲する状況のもとにおいては，こうした修正をめぐる攻防が盛んとなる。1979年，80年には与党(自民党)側が委員長をとった結果，野党側委員多数(いわゆる逆転委員会)のもとに予算案が審議され，与野党間での最終的な了解を前提にして，予算委員会では否決，本会議で逆転可決というような事態もみられたのである。議会委員会制【都築勉】。…

※「逆転委員会」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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