Meeting to see cherry blossoms “Convenience for Prime Minister Support Party”

Regarding the “Cherry Blossom Viewing Party” hosted by the Prime Minister, the chairman of the National Democratic Party's Haraguchi National Assembly, criticized that many people were invited from Prime Minister Abe ’s support party, and that it was a personalization of the public interest. The idea of ​​pursuing whether or not convenience has been made to the members of was shown.

The annual “Sakura viewing” event hosted by the Prime Minister is increasing in number every year, and the opposition party is increasingly criticizing that many people have been invited from Prime Minister Abe ’s sponsorship. .

About this, the chairperson of the National Democratic Party's Haraguchi Diet Diet said at a press conference, `` It was originally a meeting that meant rewarding the hard work of those who contributed in various fields, but the Prime Minister Abe's sponsorship was invited. If it were, it would be a personalization of the public interest. "

On that basis, Mr. Haraguchi said, “We looked at the income and expenditure reports of the Prime Minister Abe ’s political organization and the Liberal Democratic Party ’s constituency branch to see what kind of accounting was done for the“ Eve Night Festival ”of the sponsorship event held the day before. “I do n’t know,” he said.

Secretary of the Secretary of Secretariat “I did n’t know the day before”

Secretary of the Secretariat said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting, “The“ Observation of Cherry Blossoms ”has been widely invited based on the opinions of each ministry and agency based on the guidelines for the event. We are summarizing. ”

On top of that, the secretary of the secretary said that the budget request for the next year's budget plan for cherry blossom viewing meetings was over 57 million yen, which was about three times that of the previous year. In response to the situation at that time, the Cabinet Office makes requests that reflect the actual situation, such as reflecting the improvements made in recent years.

In addition, regarding the social gathering that Prime Minister Abe's support party held the day before the “Cherry Blossom Viewing Party”, Secretary of the Secretariat said, “We are not aware of the social gathering and sponsorship activities”.

Liberal Democratic Secretary 2nd floor “Participation from the constituency is natural”

The LDP secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party said at the press conference, “I don't know much about the number of invitations to the party to see cherry blossoms, and I don't know that. Isn't it okay, can it be a problem, and it's only natural for any member of the constituency to call on the constituencies to participate as much as possible? "