Justice Minister Kawai: Cash will be provided multiple times before the House of Councilors election, June 20, 18:33.
Katsuyuki Kawai, former Minister of Justice and his wife, Satoshi House of Representatives, were arrested, and former Minister Kawai had handed over cash to some local lawmakers several times during the House of Representatives election last year. Interviews with related parties revealed that there was suspicion. The prosecutor's office is trying to clarify the fact that the large amount of cash distributed was not a donation to support local lawmakers, but an acquisition fund for the purpose of electing lawmakers Satoshi.
Former former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai (57) and his wife, Housewife of the House of Councilors Susato (46), asked local legislators to put together a vote 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 prosecutor's office is suspecting that it 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.
Approximately 40 of the 94 members are local members such as Hiroshima prefectural assembly members, and former Minister Kawai has given cash as "Shinjyo sympathy" and "celebration of winning" before and after the unified local elections held in April last year. However, it was discovered that some members of parliament were suspected of handing cash over and over again before the House of Councilors election. It was
In response to an NHK interview, one local lawmaker testified that he received cash from Mr. and Mrs. Kawai multiple times before and after the unified local elections.
Prosecutors said that the large amount of cash distributed was not a donation to support local legislators in the unified local elections, but a large-scale acquisition involving local politics as an acquisition fund for the purpose of electing Senator Satoshi. We are working on clarifying the actual situation of the incident.
According to the people involved, former Minister Kawai and Representative Kaori have denied the charges that they have not done anything wrong.