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Hideaki Omura, Director Katsuya Takasu, presenting the signature required for the removal of the governor of Aichi Prefecture (November 2020)
Why were there more than 80% invalid signatures in the impeachment movement of Governor Hideaki Omura of Aichi Prefecture? Some people involved in the movement say there was a careless collection of signatures.
According to the person concerned, there were many signatures that appeared to have the same handwriting and the non-natural signatures were eye-catching, such as addresses near the address being written in quick succession and addresses of acquaintances who moved to remain old.
A self-employed worker in his 40s from the Owari region who participated in the movement as a volunteer said: “I stood on the streets of my hometown about three or four days a month without clear instructions. I heard the number of signatures collected. No I thought such a thing existed. “
Several “billing representatives” who started the movement denied that they “did not collect fraudulent signatures” in an interview with the newspaper. One representative speculates that “some people may have compiled old lists and copied them out of sight.”
Katsuya Takasu said in an interview on Day 1: “I did not notice the invalid signature. Some people may have tried to increase the number of votes, but some people intentionally wrote a signature that would be a problem because it interfered with the activity.” . I don’t know. “He is expected to give his opinion at a press conference soon.
