When NHK examined last year's political fund balance report released last month, it was found that seven political groups related to parliamentarians did not list some donations.


In each case, the income and expenditure report has been corrected or will be corrected in the future because it was caused by a clerical mistake or omission of confirmation.

政治資金収支報告書には収入と支出の金額を記載しなければならず、収入のうち、同一の団体や企業、個人からの年間5万円を超える寄付、1回の政治資金パーティーで20万円を超えるパーティー券の代金は、金額と相手の名前などを記載するよう法律で義務づけられています。



先月公表された、国会議員が関係するおよそ1900の政治団体の去年分の収支報告書をNHKが調べたところ、7つの政治団体が一部の寄付を記載していなかったことがわかりました。



▽自民党の鬼木誠防衛副大臣が代表を務める「鬼木誠後援会」が「近未来政治研究会」からの100万円。


鬼木防衛副大臣の事務所は「事務的なミスだった。あってはならないことだ」としています。



▽日本維新の会の清水貴之参議院議員が代表を務める「清水貴之後援会」が「日本維新の会国会議員団」からの100万円。


清水議員の事務所は「事務的なミスで記載が漏れた。対策を強化したい」としています。



▽自民党の瀬戸隆一元衆議院議員が代表を務める「自民党香川県第二選挙区支部」が「志公会」からの100万円。


瀬戸元議員の事務所は「振り込まれたのが年末の忙しい時期で、確認が漏れてしまった」としています。



▽自民党の原田義昭元環境大臣が代表を務める「自民党福岡県第五選挙区支部」が「全友会」からの100万円。


原田元大臣の事務所は「会計責任者に報告がなく、記載していなかった。事務的なミスだ」としています。



▽自民党の小川克巳参議院議員が代表を務める「自民党東京都参議院比例区第三十九支部」が「有隣会」からの28万円。


小川議員の事務所は「記入漏れの事務処理ミスだ」としています。



▽ Kazuhide Sugawara The "Liberal Democratic Party Tokyo Ninth Electoral District Branch", which was represented by the former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, is 200,000 yen from the "Nerima Seikei Kenkyukai".


Former Minister Sugawara's office states that "the description was leaked due to a clerical mistake."



▽ The "Liberal Democratic Party Chiba 5th Electoral District Branch" represented by Kentaro Sonoura, a member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party, is 100,000 yen from the "Keisei Saimin no Kai".


Mr. Sonoura's office said, "The check was insufficient. We will strengthen measures such as checking with multiple eyes."



As a result, the income and expenditure reports of the seven organizations reported that the total amount of income was less than the actual amount.



Both groups have corrected or will correct the income and expenditure report in the future.



The other two political groups, although the total amount of income was correct, did not describe the breakdown of the income of the political fund party that exceeded a certain amount that the name of the other party is required to be stated, so the procedure for correction was made. It means that it was taken.

Revealed from a survey of about 10,000 income and expenditure reports

The exchange of funds investigated by NHK this time is about 10,000 cases between about 1900 political groups related to parliamentarians and about 2900 political groups submitting political fund balance reports to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.



We checked the income and expenditure reports of the organizations that spent and the organizations that received the funds one by one.



The Political Funds Balance Report describes a number of fund movements, including donation income received from individuals and businesses, personnel expenses and organizational activity expenses.



In this survey, we were able to verify only a small part of the exchange of funds between political groups among them, such as donations and party ticket income exceeding a certain amount required to be stated. Limited to.

"It is necessary to seriously consider how to establish the system so that it will not be omitted."

Regarding the non-statement of the political fund balance report, Professor Emeritus Tomoaki Iwai of Nihon University, who is familiar with political funds, said, "The non-statement is a serious problem. Yes, if there are many examples that are not described, the basis of the system itself will be shaken. "



Regarding the background of the problem, Professor Emeritus Iwai pointed out that the income and expenditure report is published on the Internet as image data scanned from paper, which makes it difficult to search and analyze. There is no choice but to look at the printed matter with the eyes, and it is difficult to check. "



In addition, in order to prevent non-statement, it is possible to automatically check by deciding an ID number for each political organization and digitizing the exchange of funds between political organizations, Professor Emeritus Iwai said, "Money report. Is suitable for digital. Advancement of digitalization makes it easier for voters to check and helps deter the problem of fraudulent political funds. It is necessary to seriously consider how to establish a system that does not cause non-statement. I'm talking.