Mayor Saga Genkai receives about 1 million yen from a nuclear power plant affiliated company in Fukui Prefecture on January 23 at 18:41

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Mayor Shintaro Wakiyama of Genkai-cho, Saga Prefecture, where Kyushu Electric Power's Genkai Nuclear Power Station is located, received approximately 1 million yen in cash from a construction company that undertook nuclear power-related work in Fukui Prefecture. The mayor held a conference and apologized, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience," he explained.

According to Mayor Wakiyama of Genkai-cho, a few days after the first election in the mayoral election in July, a person from a Tsuruga-shi construction company, which had contracted for nuclear power-related work in Fukui Prefecture, visited his home and received cash. It means that you have received a fun bag.

Mayor Wakiyama held a press conference at the Genkai Town Hall on the afternoon of the 23rd. I apologized.

According to the explanation by the mayor, he refused, "I don't need it," but the cash was put at the entrance, so "No celebration" was written on the bag, and the business card of the president was also attached.

Regarding the amount of money, he explained, "I did not check the contents, but I thought it was about 1 million yen because it was about 1 cm thick."

After that, he kept it in his safe at home, but he returned it in his bag in the middle of last month through his acquaintance.

This was after the executives of Kansai Electric Power were reported on the problem of receiving money, but the mayor said, "I wanted to return it from before, but it was due to timing. In fact, I should return before there is such a report It was. "

According to the Political Funds Control Act, companies and organizations can only receive contributions from political parties and political funding organizations. did not.

Mayor Wakiyama said, "I don't know the details of the company. I've always wanted to return it, so I didn't include it in the income and expenditure report. My side was sweet."

On the other hand, he denied reports that the company was helping the election, and denied convenience to the company.

He did not specifically state that he would like to decide on future retreats in consultation with the sponsoring association.