A group of lawyers suspected of violating the Public Offices Election Act over the fact that the Kyoto Prefectural Federation of the LDP was collecting funds from the constituency branch represented by candidates for national elections and spending them on political groups of local lawmakers. , Submitted a complaint to the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office.
Furen says, "It was provided to political organizations to expand the party, and all of them are stated in the political fund balance report and are properly processed."
Twenty lawyers in Kyoto City submitted the accusation letter.
According to the indictment, the Kyoto Prefectural Federation of the LDP was collecting funds from the election district branch represented by the candidate for the national election and spending it on the political group of the local assembly, three years ago in the lower house election last year. Seven people who ran for the House of Representatives election alleged that they had provided cash to a total of 52 local prefectural and city council members, and that they were suspected of being acquired in violation of the Public Offices Election Act.
The lawyer group claimed that it was clear that the purpose of the election was from internal documents prepared by the administrative staff of the Furen, and Fumiaki Tani said, "We should be investigated and severely punished."
On the other hand, Furen said, "We collected funds and then provided them to political organizations in order to expand the party. All of them are described in the political fund balance report and are properly processed."
In addition, the House of Councilors Shoji Nishida, the chairman of the Furen, said on his YouTube channel on the 13th of this month, "The reason why each group reports the income and expenditure properly and fairly, and the election acquisition is pointed out. Not at all. "