Hokkaido Parliament's government affairs investigation fee 86 million yen returned Judgment order ordered Supreme Court August 3 17:49
In a trial in which a citizen group in Sapporo City asked for the return of the political investigation expenses spent by the two parliamentary groups and members of the Hokkaido Parliament, the Supreme Court decided to reject the roadside appeal and matched each parliamentary group with 60 members. The ruling that ordered the return of approximately 86 million yen was confirmed.
Regarding the government affairs survey expenses that were paid by two parliamentary groups of the Hokkaido parliament, two democratic groups and 92 members in 2010, Sapporo citizens Ombudsman complained that "it is inappropriate as it is used as activity expenses for political parties and support groups" It was.
Last year, the Sapporo High Court found that some expenditures were illegal, including research commissions spent by the two parties of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party on political party branches, and office expenses spent by 60 members of the Diet. , And ordered the governor to return about 86 million yen in total, and the side had appealed.
On this, Hiroshi Koike, the first judge of the Supreme Court, decided to dismiss the appeal by the 3rd, and a ruling that ordered a total of approximately 86 million yen to be returned was confirmed.