NTT President Jun Sawada apologized to the Digital Agency executives for "not being aware" of having been entertaining in the past in violation of the ethical code of national civil servants.
At the press conference on the 28th, NTT President Sawada apologized for the entertainment to the executives of the Digital Agency, saying, "I have a dinner because NTT, the holding company, has no interest in it. I am very sorry for the inconvenience." bottom.
Regarding entertainment, last year when an executive of the Digital Agency was the director of innovation in the Cabinet Secretariat, he received three entertainments from NTT and was disciplined for a reduction in salary for violating the ethical rules of national government employees, two of which. Means that Digital Minister Hirai was also present.
At the press conference, President Sawada revealed that he was present at the two entertainments himself, saying, "I was aware that the cost was not so high because the restaurant where I had dinner was made a subsidiary, but I regret that it was not good." After that, he expressed his intention to close the restaurant where the entertainment was held in the future.
Since entertainment to executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has also become a problem with NTT, as a measure to prevent recurrence in June, in
principle, individual dinners with three interested political affairs and civil servants will not be held.
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