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As for former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Yasuhiko Taniwaki, who resigned on the 16th after receiving high-value entertainment from NTT and Tohokushinsha, the ruling party will not accept the invitation to the Diet requested by the opposition. The reason is that he is a “civilian” whose relationship with the government has been severed, but it is clear that he wants to avoid prosecution of the scandals involving the eldest son of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Makiko Yamada, who previously resigned as the cabinet’s public relations secretary, and other key people who know the core of the problem, are also responding in kind, and their reluctance to uncover the truth is notorious. (Atsushi Kawada)
Mr. Taniwaki was present at the Diet as a reference until the 15th, but when he resigned, a senior PLD executive declared that he was “an ordinary person, so there is no need to call him.” Hiroshige Seko, the secretary general of the House of Councilors, also told a press conference: “The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has also carried out an in-depth investigation, and Taniwaki himself has responded a considerable number of times. “
The invitation of witnesses is a system based on the “right to investigate national affairs” in article 62 of the Constitution. Since the selection and scheduling of personnel is decided by agreement of the ruling and opposition parties, it is a mechanism that cannot be done without the consent of the ruling party, which is superior in number.
On this entertainment issue, the ruling party’s refusal to invite is based on the Diet’s past response. According to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, there is a tendency to judge carefully that witnesses are “treated like criminals” and may suffer disadvantages, especially in deliberations about scandals. With this as a shield, the ruling party continues to refuse to call former Tohokushinsha CEO Yoshiyuki Mikami, former CEO Yukio Kida and Mr. Masatake.
However, in exchange for respecting the position of civilians, the truth is far away. This is because there is no opportunity to obtain substantial testimony from the party in question. At the House Budget Committee on the 16th, Yuichi Goto of the Constitutional Democratic Party criticized Mr. Taniwaki, “I can’t call him to the Diet. He was pardoned.
