Residents of Hiroshima Prefecture have filed a lawsuit to return the 49 million yen annual expenses received by former House of Councilors Anri Kawai, who was convicted of the acquisition of a violation of the Public Offices Election Act.
Anri Kawai, a 47-year-old member of the House of Councilors, has been convicted of a suspended sentence for the acquisition of a violation of the Public Offices Election Act, alleging that he gave 1.6 million yen to the four members of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly in the adult election. , Winning has been invalidated.
The six residents of Hiroshima Prefecture have a combination of "annual expenses", which is the salary received by former Representative Anri Kawai from the election to his resignation, "term-end allowance", which is a bonus, and "document communication transportation stay expenses" of 1 million yen per month. A lawsuit was filed in the Tokyo District Court requesting the government to return more than 49.42 million yen.
Residents claim that "a member of the Diet who has been invalidated for an election crime that shakes the foundation of democracy called acquisition is not a retired member, and the annual expenses received are unfairly earned profits."
According to the law that stipulates the annual expenses of members of the Diet, the members of the Diet are required to receive the annual expenses until the day they retire and are not obliged to return them.