Mr. and Mrs. Kawai arrested The focus of the investigation will be June 18 at 16:42
One of the focal points of future investigations was about 100 local residents in the case of an election violation involving the arrest of former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai (57) and his wife, House Member Senri Kawai (46). This is an elucidation of the purpose of cash, which is said to have been distributed to lawmakers and executives of the supporters' association.
Whether the purpose is to request a summary of votes
The cash was suspected to have been distributed since last March after Senri Kawai announced his candidacy for the House of Councilors election. NHK interviewed several local parliamentarians saying, "Before the public announcement of the election, Kawai Mae I was told by the Minister that I would like to ask you, Mr. Kaori," and said, "I thought it was illegal money."
On the other hand, in many cases cash was distributed before and after the unified local election such as the Hiroshima prefectural assembly election held in April last year, and it was handed over to the prosecution's circumstances as "a condolence visit" or "celebration of winning". , Some lawmakers have explained that they have refunded at a later date.
The Public Offices Election Law prohibits the act of handing money to the voters in the constituency to collect votes, and in a future investigation, a series of cash donations will be requested to collect votes in the election of Representative Sato. It was necessary to prove that it was.
Former prosecutors and other experts handed over whether or not there was a vague wording such as "Give my wife" when cash was given and received, and "Person in condolence" and "celebration of winning" in past local elections. He points out that the point of the investigation will be whether there is no case and it can be said that this cash offering was the purpose of requesting a summary of votes.
The credibility of the “acquisition list” is
In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Kawai's home confiscated multiple lists of names and amounts of more than 100 people who are supposed to distribute cash, and they were managed by former Kawai's personal computer at the office. The future focus will also be on elucidation of the process by which the was created and its credibility.
Source of the acquisition The relationship between the LDP headquarters and 150 million yen
And the elucidation of the source of the large amount of cash that was said to have been used for the cash acquisition is also the focus of future investigations.
According to the people concerned, former Minister Kawai and his colleagues did not receive receipts from most of the cash recipients, and the series of funding was not stated in the campaign cost balance report of Representative Satoshi last year's House of Councilors election. It seems not to.
On the other hand, before the Upper House election last year, 150 million yen was transferred from the LDP headquarters to the two political party branches represented by Mr. and Mrs. Kawai.
It was revealed that the amount was 10 times that of Mr. Kenzo Mizote, who fought the conservative division election in his current position, but in January, Representative Kasato said, "In the political fund balance report, I'm going to list it and report it, so I think it's not illegal."
The relationship between this 150 million yen and this case is not known, and how the large amount of acquisition funds were generated will also be the focus of the investigation.