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Home Affairs and Communications Minister Takeda faces House General Affairs Committee
In the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 16th, Ryota Takeda announced that it would get rid of four executives from the Ministry of the Interior and Communications who had dinner with the eldest son of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who works for the broadcasting company. “Tohokushinsha”. At the House of Representatives General Affairs Committee on the same day, the Kuniaki Hara Secretariat of the Ministry of the Interior and Communications revealed that it had heard from the prime minister’s eldest son. In addition to the four, he expressed his intention to investigate whether or not there was a dinner with the eldest sons of executives related to Tohokushinsha.
◆ “Same composition as Moritomo-Kakei problem”
Takeda acknowledged that older children may fall into the category of “interested parties” that prohibit bureaucrats from receiving entertainment under the National Civil Service Code of Ethics, “We complete the investigation as soon as possible, discard it, and comply with relevant laws and regulations. We will announce it based on it. “
Opposition of bureaucrats
The four executives who dined were Yasuhiko Taniwaki, Makoto Yoshida, Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Yoshinori Akimoto, Director of Information Management and Distribution, and Hironobu Yumoto, Deputy Director General. From October to December last year, the four dined with the president of a Tohokushinsha subsidiary, which handles satellite broadcasts, and the prime minister’s eldest son at a Tokyo restaurant, and received taxi tickets and souvenirs when returned home. . December last year was the time to renew the certification of satellite broadcasting, which is a project licensed by the Ministry of the Interior and Communications.
◆ Ruling and opposition parties seeking to invite their eldest son’s witness refuse to be “civilians”
According to the House General Affairs Committee, it was revealed that four executives explained to the ministry that the purpose of the dinner was “exchange of views on trends in the information and communication market” and “fellowship.”
The Code of Ethics of the National Public Function stipulates that when a gift of money or goods is received from an interested party, it is considered “dismissal, suspension, reduction or reprimand.” The opposition asks for a testimony in parliament for the eldest son, but the ruling party refuses because he is a civilian.
The prime minister said in parliament that he had told his eldest son to respond to the investigation based on the facts, but said he “did not know” the details of the dinner. (Kazuki Murakami)
