The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has a total of six people at a dinner with former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yoshikawa, who was charged with bribery at home, and a former representative of a major chicken egg production company, who was charged with providing cash and was charged with bribery. An executive officer was present and showed to the Diet that the former representative, who was an interested party, was paying the expenses.
We are considering disposing of it because it violates the ethical code of national civil servants, and we plan to announce it on the evening of the 25th.
The issue was addressed by several executives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, including former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yoshikawa, who was charged with bribery at home, and a former representative of a major egg production company, who was charged with providing cash and being charged with bribery. I was present at the dinner.
The dinner was held three years ago in October and September, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries investigated the participants and who paid the costs, and on the 25th, the results were shown to the board of directors of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives. It was.
According to this, in addition to Vice-Minister Shintoru Edamoto, who was the director of the production bureau at that time, six active executives including successive bureau chiefs, department managers, and section chiefs, and the livestock department manager who had already retired were present. It means that.
The cost was 22,000 to 23,000 yen per person, and both were paid by the former representative, who is an interested party.
In addition, all staff members recognized that the cost was borne by the politician who was present, and said that there was a negligence in not confirming the payment on the spot.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is discussing the disposition of six people, excluding one who has retired, with the National Personnel Authority's National Personnel Authority Ethics Review Board, saying that it violates the ethical rules of national civil servants, and announced the results on the evening of the 25th. It is a policy to do.