Election violation cases of the previous ministers Recognize the purpose of collecting votes with cash donation June 6: 6:31

In the case of last year's House of Councilors election, Katsuyuki Kawai and his wife, Representative Kaori, were arrested, and 94 people, including local lawmakers and executives from the supporters' association, received cash in an election violation case. In response to the interview, it was revealed that he explained that he felt that he wanted to collect the votes for the cash provided by the couple.
The prosecutor's office believes that a large amount of cash has been distributed for the acquisition based on these statements, and is currently working to clarify the details.

Former former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai (57) and his wife, wife of the House of Councilors Susato Sato (46), asked local lawmakers to organize their votes over the House of Councilors election in July last year, and paid cash as compensation. He was arrested on suspicion of the acquisition of a violation of the Public Offices Election Law, and the public prosecutor's office is suspecting that it has distributed about 25.7 million yen to 94 people such as local legislators and executives of the supporters' association, and is proceeding with the investigation.

According to a person familiar with the matter, the public prosecutor's interview was explained that most of the 94 people acknowledged that they had received the cash, and most of them felt that they would ask the husband and wife to provide cash to collect votes. I found out.

In response to NHK's interviews, a number of executives from the patronage group said, “I was given cash after being told that it was a tough election,” or “I gave cash as a car fare after talking about the situation in the House of Councilors election. In addition to the testimony, one of the local lawmakers explained that he was given cash by the former Minister Kawai when he said, "Please ask Kaori."

The prosecutor's office is suspicious that a large amount of cash was distributed for the acquisition, based on such statements, and is currently trying to clarify the details.

According to the people involved, former Minister Kawai and Representative Kaori have denied the charges that they have not done anything wrong.