Governor Aichi Omura recall signature problem Investigating the activity status of police groups

On the 24th, the Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters suspected that the organization that carried out the signing activity was involved in the forgery of the signature due to the problem that most of the signatures for the recall and dismissal request of Governor Omura of Aichi Prefecture were not recognized as valid. , I searched the office in Nagoya City that was used by the group, seized related materials, and confirmed the situation at the time when the office was being used.

The police will continue to ask the people involved in the signing activity about the situation and investigate the detailed situation of the activity.

Of the approximately 435,000 signatures submitted for the recall and dismissal request of Governor Omura of Aichi Prefecture, 83% of the signatures were not recognized as valid.

The Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters said on the 24th that the organization "Aichi 1 Million Recall Association" that carried out the signature activity was suspected of being involved in the forgery of the signature, about 3 offices in Nagoya City that were used as the base of the activity We searched over time, seized relevant materials and confirmed the situation at the time the office was in use.

According to the people concerned, about a part of the submitted signature list, it is said that the part-time job collected in Saga city copied the list with the name and address written in October last year, and the police have so far been related to the group. I'm listening to the situation from people involved in advertising-related companies who have been asked by group executives to collect part-time jobs and part-time jobs.

The police will continue to hear from the people involved in the signing activity and investigate the details of the activity.

Regarding the search, Takahiro Tanaka, the secretary general of the group, said, "I think it is natural to start the search at the place where the office was, so I would like to cooperate with the investigation if requested by the police. Neither I nor myself have been involved in the forgery of signatures. "