Anri Kawai, a public secretary of the House of Councilors, was found guilty of buying an athletic member in the Upper House election last year. I have filed a lawsuit to invalidate the election.
Anri Kawai, a 47-year-old member of the House of Councilors, was accused of buying a campaigner who violated the Public Offices Election Act, alleging that he paid Miss Uguisu a fee that exceeded the law. Last month, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and was found guilty of a suspended sentence of one year and six months in prison.
In response to this, the Hiroshima High Public Prosecutor's Office filed an administrative litigation in the Hiroshima High Court on the 21st, seeking to invalidate the election of Senator Anri's House of Councilors election based on the provisions of the public office election law.
The joint system is a system that tries to make the candidate take responsibility when a person involved in the camp is guilty of violating the election, and the prosecution was a public secretary who was found guilty at that time. Judging that he was an "organized campaign manager" who plans election campaigns in the camp of Senator Anri, he is requesting the application of a joint system.
If the prosecution's allegations are approved in a future trial, the election of Senator Anri will be invalidated and he will be banned from running in the same constituency for five years.
Anri Kawai, along with his husband, former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai, was accused of taking over the election in violation of the Public Offices Election Act, alleging that he had distributed cash to five local members over the House of Councilors election last year. I am.