At the trial of former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai, who was accused of violating the Public Offices Election Act, Representative Katsunori Sunahara of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly admitted to receiving 500,000 yen and testified that "I thought it was money that I should not receive."
Former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai (57) has been acquitted of the acquisition of a violation of the Public Offices Election Act over the first election of his wife, Anri Kawai (47), in the Upper House election.
On the 14th, Representative Tomoyuki Yamashita of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly appeared as a witness and admitted that he had received 300,000 yen from the former minister in April, saying, "The former minister came to my office, but I didn't want to see him. The next day, my father told me that Kawai had left me and gave me a white envelope. "
He added, "I didn't have much contact with him, so I thought it was a vote request. I returned it to the secretary of the former minister together with another member of the Diet who received it."
In the afternoon, Representative Katsunori Sunahara of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly appeared in court, admitting that he had received a total of 500,000 yen twice in May and June, and said, "Money that may violate the election and should not be received. I thought it was. "
On top of that, regarding the fact that the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroshima Prefectural Federation supported only Mr. Mizote in the Upper House election, he said, "I couldn't hear about Mr. and Mrs. Kawai's bad talk at the board of directors of the Prefectural Federation. Said.
He also said, "I was thinking of returning it in the form of a sympathy for the members of the Diet at the time of the departure ceremony of Representative Kuri, but I thought that the elections would be uncertain and the entry and exit to the Kawai office would be criticized. I heard that there were rumors that I didn't support Mr. Mizote, and I couldn't go even further. "