At the House of Councilors Budget Committee meeting held on the 28th, Prime Minister Suga said that the opposition party might have used the so-called chief cabinet secretary expenses in the LDP presidential election last September. There is nothing at all. "
At the House of Councilors Budget Committee held on the 28th, the Communist Party's secretary general, Koike, said that the party's bulletin had obtained a request for information disclosure regarding the handling of so-called secret expenses, which has not been clarified. "90.2 million yen was put in the safe on September 1st last year, and 42 million yen was left on the 16th when he became prime minister."
He added, "What did you spend your secret money on when you were concentrating on the LDP presidential election? It can be said that you used it for the presidential election."
In response, Prime Minister Suga denied, saying, "There is no such thing."
In addition, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said, "Prime Minister Suga, even when he was Chief Cabinet Secretary, was in the presidential election, but the government as a whole is dealing with the issues that it faces at that time. It has been used. "