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Former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai announced his resignation on the 23rd, admitting that he handed over cash to elect his wife, former House of Councilors Anri Kawai. At the trial, there is testimony that the 150 million yen provided by the Liberal Democratic Party was used for the acquisition, but the party is reluctant to discover the truth. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Kawai at the time of the Chief Cabinet Secretary, but it is difficult to say that he is fully responsible.
The party headquarters invested ten times more money than veteran lawmakers in the Kawai camp, and then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Suga came to the site to give their full support. Regarding the use of exceptional election funds, the party claims that Mr. Kawai’s camp was the cost of distributing public relations documents to Hiroshima prefecture several times, but said that the relevant documents had been seized by investigating authorities. . I avoid detailed explanations.
In the party’s presidential election last September, Suga promised that he would “respond responsibly” to the purpose of use investigation. However, the House of Councilors Budget Committee said on 3 this month: “As soon as the documents are returned, the party will audit them.”
Since his arrest in June last year, Katsuyuki is believed to have received a total of almost 25 million yen in annual expenses, despite the fact that he has been detained for a long time and is virtually unable to act as a member of the Diet. By turning around and announcing his resignation as a member of the Diet, it is certain that he will not be held accountable, following former Agriculture Minister Takamori Yoshikawa (who left the Liberal Democratic Party) who was charged at home in a bribery case. The party is also ready to close the curtain, leaving the truth behind.
Toshihiro Nikai, the general secretary, said at a press conference: “I think he is very sorry. The party should also treat him like a stone from another mountain.” Yukio Edano, representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, told a party meeting: “In the case that happened in the middle of the Liberal Democratic Party, the fact that the party did not respond caused such a situation.” Critics. Yuichiro Tamaki, the representative of the People’s Democratic Party, also told reporters: “It is clear that the Liberal Democratic Party is the source of the illegal acts. (Tetsuto Yamaguchi)
