Senri Kawai's public secretary today's sentence Judgment Heavy weight Focus Hiroshima 16th June 4:18

On the 16th, the Hiroshima District Court will give a verdict in a trial in which a public secretary of the House of Representatives Lori Kawai, a member of the LDP's House of Representatives, was accused of paying overwhelming remuneration to campaigners. The prosecutor's office sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, while the secretary's lawyer claims that the fines that are not subject to the concession system, which invalidates the election of the legislator, are appropriate, and the weight of the sentence will be the focus .

Kaori Kawai's second public secretary, Hiroshi Tachimichi (54), said that his husband Katsuyuki Kawai, former Minister of Justice, said that he paid 14 so-called Miss Uguissu in excess of the legal provisions in the House of Councilors election last July. He was accused of buying a campaigner who violated the Public Offices Election Law along with his former policy secretary.

In previous trials, the prosecution sentenced him to one year and six months in prison for "executive payments as the chief of the trip."

On the other hand, the secretary's lawyer said, "I was not involved in determining the amount of compensation, I was only involved in the crime in a subordinate position," and argued that a fine penalty that is not subject to the multiple seat system is appropriate.

The Hiroshima District Court will hand down the judgment on the afternoon of the 16th.

If a sentence of imprisonment or more, including imprisonment, is sentenced and confirmed, the prosecutor's policy is to file an administrative lawsuit seeking the application of the conjunctive system, and if the prosecution's claim is accepted, the election of Representative Sato will be invalid.

On the other hand, if a fine sentence is sentenced and settled, it will not be subject to the conjunctive system, and the 16th sentence will focus on the weight of the sentence.

The seated person and the sentence

The multi-seat system applies when a person who has a certain relationship with the candidate is sentenced to a crime such as an acquisition and sentenced, even if the candidate is not involved in an election violation.

The targets are:
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the relatives and secretaries of the candidates who have been sentenced to imprisonment or above ,
▽ "organized election campaign manager" who supervises people involved in the campaign, such as planning election campaigns,
▼ For example, a “general president” who directs the affairs of an election campaign that has been sentenced to more than a fine.

The prosecutor's office has determined that the secretary Hiroshi Tachimichi, who was charged with violating the Public Offices Election Law, falls under the category of "organizational campaign manager" because he made a plan to run an election car.

If the sentence of the secretary or secretary of the standing secretary is confirmed, the public prosecutor may file an administrative lawsuit seeking the application of the conjunctive system. Candidates are banned from the ward for 5 years.

Case and background of the trial

A series of suspicions emerged in the weekly magazine report in October last year.

In the House of Councilors election in July last year, the camp of Kaori Kawai reportedly paid the so-called Miss Uguis more than 15,000 yen a day as stipulated by law.

On the day of the weekly magazine's release, her husband, Representative of the House of Representatives Katsuyuki Kawai, resigned as Minister of Justice, but denied the reported allegations.

At this time, Representative Katsuyuki Kawai said, "I have no clue about this case at all, nor my wife. I would like to firmly investigate and fulfill my accountability in the future."

This January, the prosecutor's office embarked on a full-scale investigation, searching for the offices and homes of Kawai and his wife in Hiroshima City.

Kawai and Mrs. Kawai responded to the interview that night, but did not answer the suspicions because of the investigation.

"I am very sorry for the worry. I had an adjustment disorder and I was recovering because I was seeing deterioration," said Satoshi.

After that, the prosecution arrested and prosecuted the public secretaries of Representative Satoshi for suspicion of the acquisition of campaigners who violated the Public Offices Election Law. We decided that it would be the target of the multi-seat system.

The Tribunal trial was held in response to a "100-day trial" demanding a decision within 100 days of prosecution, with four trials.

The court has designated the 16th day, which is more than 80 days after the indictment, as the date for the judgment, and attention is being paid to how to judge the weight of the sentence.