“Seiwa Policy Study Group Income and Expenditure Report Suspicion of Non-Entry” University Professor

It is political that the names and amounts of the 11 groups that paid more than 200,000 yen in membership fees to the political fund party held by the Seiwa Policy Research Group, a political group of the LDP faction, are not listed in the income and expenditure report of the political group. A university professor mailed a complaint letter to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office against Hosoda, the chairman of the House of Representatives, who was the chairman of the faction, on the suspicion of violating the Funds Control Law.

According to the Political Fund Income and Expenditure Report, the Seiwa Policy Research Group, a political group of the Liberal Democratic Party's faction, has earned more than 460 million yen from political fund parties in the three years until the year before.

The Political Funds Control Law obliges organizations and individuals who have spent more than 200,000 yen at one party to list the name and amount of money on the income and expenditure report, but according to the complaint, the Seiwa Policy Research Group There is a suspicion that the names and amounts of 11 political groups that paid membership fees exceeding 200,000 yen are not listed in the three-year income and expenditure report.

The income and expenditure reports of these 11 political groups state that they have spent more than 200,000 yen on a Seiwa Policy Research Group party, with a total of more than 13 million yen. On suspicion of the law, I mailed the accusation letter of Hosoda, the chairman of the House of Representatives, who was the chairman of the faction, and the chief accountant to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.

Professor Hiroyuki Kamiwaki of Kobe Gakuin University, who mailed the accusation letter, said, "I would like you to conduct a strict investigation as it cannot be considered a simple mistake."

The secretariat of the Seiwa Policy Research Group commented to NHK's interview, "It was due to a mistake, and we have already notified the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to correct the income and expenditure report."