[EN VIVO]Former Prime Minister Abe “It was done without knowing … I am well aware of my moral responsibility.” House of Representatives Steering Committee: Tokio Shimbun TOKYO Web

15:20

The House of Representatives Steering Committee has begun and Mr. Abe attended as a reference. Abe apologized: “I am well aware of my moral responsibility, although I was not aware of the accounting process,” and said there was something wrong with the answer. I repeated what I said in the meeting and in the Steering Committee of the House of Representatives.

14:40

At the end of the House of Representatives is Satoshi Asano, a member of the National Democratic Party. As information sent to the party, the hotel sales department was called into Mr. Abe’s office and forced to announce that “we may receive orders for 5,000 yen”, and if information is leaked, we will hold PLD-related parties at the future. He confessed the truth, saying that they told him not to. Abe replied, “I’ve heard it for the first time. I don’t know the facts themselves.” The House Steering Committee was completed in about an hour.

14:35

Then Takashi Endo, a member of the Japan Restoration Society, asked a question: “Professor Abe will take the lead and make a major reform of the Political Funds Regulation Law.” Abe said: “I wonder if I am qualified to act like waving a flag, but I would like to take this experience to consider what problems the regulatory law has and if the manual is sufficient.

14:22

Toru Miyamoto, a member of the Communist Party, took the stage. When asked how the non-disclosure began, Abe replied: “I cannot contact the personnel in question.”

Mr. Miyamoto pointed out that the fact that there was a 3,000 yen supplement at dinner may be a benefit. “We are not trying to make a profit and collect votes,” Abe said.

Due to past political and monetary issues, such as the resignation of Mr. Midori Matsushima from the Minister of Justice due to the problem of distributing fanatics to voters in the constituency, and the resignation of Mr. Kazuhide Sugawara due to the problem of delivering the incense to the voters. He gave a case of taking responsibility and said to Mr. Abe: “I have no words of remorse even though it is a benefit by all means. He is not an equal without accusation, he is not a target.”

14:05

Mr. Hidemichi Sato, a member of Komei, asked: “From people’s perspective, I wonder if they really didn’t know. Why did they believe the secretary’s false explanation?” Abe emphasized that he has trusted the first public secretary as “a person who has worked in the office since his father’s generation.” He recalled: “It would not have happened if Tokyo and the local offices were working closely together. You should have had good communication between the offices as a member of the Diet.”

13:51

Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party, asked the third question. Taking a private company as an example, “Does the president give a false explanation in public and get accepted as ‘misled by employees’? If it is a private company, I think the president is disqualified to comply and the president is resigning. You know. Who did it in the legislature? Abe said, “I received a strict indication,” and repeated, “I am solely responsible. I want to make an effort to restore confidence. “

When Mr. Tsujimoto asked, “Do you know that some people are saying that they will resign as a member of the Diet?”, Mr. Abe replied, “I know.” However, he denied his resignation and said: “I would like to make an effort to restore confidence from my reflection.”

Tsujimoto asked, “I have reported that I lost my receipt, but why can I write fine numbers correcting the income and expense report? Is it because there is an overdue book?” Abe said, “the investigating authorities pointed out. I corrected it in response. to that “.

13:35

“The secretary in Tokyo was using the prime minister’s money to cover the difference. It is a business misappropriation. I’m sure he will file a complaint,” Abe said. “The clerk is well aware of his responsibility. I resigned yesterday. I have served myself for many years, so I have no intention of appealing.” Mr. Kuroiwa requested subpoena of witnesses, saying “suspicions have deepened.”

13:29

Uhiro Kuroiwa, a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party, asked the second question. At the cherry blossom viewing party dinner, I calculated based on the announcement of the special investigation department, I pointed out that the cost per person was 8000 yen, which means that Mr. Abe had supplemented 3000 yen, but the Mr. Abe did not reply “I have not received an inquiry notification.” The hotel responded that it had not seen the dinner statement.

13:20

The first question is Hideki Niwa, a member of the PLD. When asked, “If I had rigorously reviewed the accounting process, I would have been able to understand the whole picture sooner,” Abe said in the past that there were no flaws in his office’s accounting process due to problems with pensions and expenses. office. He said that he had trusted the secretary and said, “But this time, I should have confirmed with the secretary from the point of view that 5000 yen is not enough.”

13:10

The Steering Committee of the House of Representatives has begun. When former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was allowed to speak, he began to explain the topic of supplementing dinner expenses for the cherry blossom viewing party. He apologized for the correction of the Political Funds Report and said: “I am well aware of my moral responsibility, although it was done without my knowledge. I apologize.”