Governor Hase of Ishikawa Prefecture received a kickback from the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction in the income of his political party when he was a member of the Diet, and did not record it in his income and expenditure report.Motobu Shioya, the faction's chairman He explained that he first became aware of the facts on January 11, when he was contacted by the Minister of Science.
On the 21st, Governor Hase revealed that he received a kickback of 8.19 million yen from the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party to which he belongs during the five years he served as a member of the Diet, but did not record it in his political funds balance report. , I apologized.
Governor Hase explained the issue again at a press conference on the 22nd, stating that he became aware of the kickback on January 11th, when he was directly contacted by former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Shioya, who is the chairman of the Abe faction. I was shocked to hear the truth and confirmed it with my secretary when I was a member of the Diet."
On the other hand, regarding the sales quota for the faction's party tickets, Governor Hase said, ``I am aware that as the number of elections increases, the responsibilities and number of tickets I have to sell as a Seiwakai member increases.'' .
Also, in response to a question from reporters about how he plans to take responsibility, Governor Hase responded, ``My oversight was inadequate, and I would like to apologize again.'' "This is disaster response. I want to take responsibility for the work that the prefecture should do."