Both houses of the Diet held extensive deliberations on the March 11 earthquake and tsunami last week. Some lawmakers mixed questions related to measures for coping with the aftermath of the disasters with either an attack on Prime Minister Naoto Kan's performance or a call for him to resign.
This kind of approach could be counterproductive and raise the suspicion that they are pursuing partisan interests.
Now is the time for both government leaders and lawmakers to rack their brains together to work out the best possible measures to help victims of the disasters, push the reconstruction of the country and end the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.