Kiyoshige Maekawa, a member of the House of Representatives of the Nippon Ishin no Kai, was accused of violating the Public Offices Election Act for sending voters a document calling for their own votes before the announcement of the House of Representatives election last year. , The first trial was held.
"We haven't done anything that the Public Offices Election Act prohibits," Maekawa said, and he pleaded not guilty.
Kiyoshige Maekawa, a 59-year-old member of the House of Representatives of the Japan Restoration Society, is a document to the effect that he will call for a vote before the announcement in the House of Representatives election in October last year when he ran for the Nara 1st district and was elected as a proportional representative. He has been accused of mailing 35 mails, including pre-exercises for violating the Public Offices Election Act.
The document asked for the addressing of "election postcards" that were allowed to be sent to voters during the election period, but the prosecution said that it was in effect calling for a vote before the announcement.
The first trial was held at the Nara District Court on the 25th, and Representative Maekawa appeared with a member badge on his chest.
Rep. Maekawa pleaded not guilty to the indictment, saying, "I just asked you to make an election postcard, I didn't ask for a vote. I didn't do anything that the Public Offices Election Act prohibits." ..
A member of the Diet said that the document was sent to a graduate of a university from which he could expect support, and that it would be a pre-election preparatory act permitted by law.
On the other hand, the prosecution pointed out that he was an illegal pre-movement, saying in the opening statement, "Representative Maekawa was aware that he was sending documents to people who were not supporters."