Meeting to see cherry blossoms Is the invitation list destruction intentional? November 22, 14:18 following criticism from the opposition party
Assuming a question in the Diet at the meeting of the opposition party's pursuit team about the fact that the list of invitees for the “Cherry Blossom Viewing Party” was discarded on the same day that the opposition lawmakers requested the materials Criticism that there was a suspicion of deliberate disposal was repeated.
At the meeting, hearings from the Cabinet Office, etc. were held, and the delegates who attended said that the invitation list was discarded on May 9th, the same time that the Communist Party requested materials. “It was opened in April and there was a large shredder. Why did it come in May?”
On the other hand, the person in charge of the Cabinet Office explained that it was aiming for the processing before the large consecutive holidays, but the shredder could not be reserved, and it happened that the reservation on May 9 happened.
Members of the parliament repeatedly criticized that there was a suspicion of abandonment due to a question in the Diet, and requests to disclose shredder appointment records.
In addition, lawmakers asked for the date on which electronic data such as the list of invitees were discarded, but the person in charge replied, “It is impossible to delete the data from the shared drive or the personal computer of the staff.”