It’s the eleventh-hour war of words at the Diet.

Fierce protests from opposing Japanese lawmakers have caused the deliberations over a bill to legalize casino gambling to drag into Tuesday evening, with no end in sight, local media outlets reported.

Because of this, it appears that the Upper House committee will be unable to pass the IR Promotion bill before the ongoing extraordinary Diet session wraps up Wednesday after a two-week extension. And this could motivate the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to resort into a tactic to force action in plenary session.

The Democratic Party, along with smaller opposition parties, have signaled that they will do everything they can to block the bill’s progress. DP Diet affairs chief Kazunori Yamanoi was quoted by Japan Times saying he will “take every possible measure” to block the bill’s enactment, indicating that his party may submit a no-confidence motion against the Abe Cabinet.