NARA, Mar 19 (News On Japan) –
Nara Prefecture’s plan to carry a cultural trade occasion with South Korea this autumn has hit a setback, because the prefectural meeting’s committee voted down the proposed common price range for the brand new fiscal yr on March 18th.
The occasion, which contains a free Okay-pop live performance, had already been scaled down as a result of calls from some meeting members to cut back prices. The venture price range had been minimize to roughly one-ninth of the preliminary estimate. However, throughout committee discussions on March 18th, a number of members raised considerations concerning the lack of ample debate on the occasion’s justification and questioned the consistency of its targets. The price range proposal was finally rejected by a majority vote.
Governor Makoto Yamashita of Nara Prefecture commented: ‘We made significant concessions to the assembly when drafting the budget, so I find it difficult to understand the reasons for this rejection.’
This marks the second consecutive yr that the meeting has rejected the prefecture’s preliminary price range proposal in committee. The Liberal Democratic and Independent Caucus plans to submit a revised price range, leaving the way forward for subsequent yr’s occasion unsure.
Source: YOMIURI