Wishma Sandamali’s bereaved younger sisters, Wayomi, cernter right, and Poornima, center left, speak to reporters before meeting with Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on May 18. (Yosuke Fukudome) The government and the ruling coalition have abandoned plans to enact a bill to revise the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law during the current regular Diet session. Since a Lower House election is set to be held by autumn, the bill is most likely to be scrapped. As the Cabinet's approval ratings have fallen sharply due mainly to the government’s mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis, the ruling camp has apparently flinched at suffering an additional blow with the public by trying to ram the much-criticized legislation through the Diet.