On the 24th, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications said that a total of 11 employees had been entertained in violation of the Code of Ethics over a dinner between an executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the eldest son of Prime Minister Suga, who works for a satellite broadcasting affiliate. Will also take disciplinary action and clarify measures to prevent recurrence.
On the 22nd, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced that 11 employees including Deputy Minister Taniwaki were based on the National Civil Service Ethics Law over a dinner between executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the eldest son of Prime Minister Suga who works for the satellite broadcasting related company "Tohokushinsha". In violation of the Code of Ethics, we announced the results of a survey that we received a total of 37 cases of entertainment totaling more than 526,000 yen.
At the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives on the 22nd, Prime Minister Suga said, "I am very sorry to express my sincere apologies for the fact that my eldest son was involved and as a result, civil servants violated the ethical law. I think. "
Eleven staff members who were allegedly entertained explained to the survey that "I didn't think Tohokushinsha was a stakeholder at the time of the dinner," but the ministry said, "I don't know. It's sweet and has a strange feeling. "
If the approval of the National Personnel Authority's National Civil Service Ethics Review Board is obtained, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda will take disciplinary action against 11 employees on the 24th, and will the other party of the dinner be a stakeholder? We will clarify measures to prevent recurrence, such as introducing a mechanism to confirm whether or not.
On the other hand, regarding Makiko Yamada, a Cabinet Public Relations Secretary who was revealed to have received entertainment of over 70,000 yen per person at one time when she was a general affairs deputy, the government has already retired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and has been a national civil servant ethics. As it is not subject to the law, we will decide the response based on the details of the disposition to the executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the intention of the person.
With this issue, the ruling party has a policy of requesting the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to take strict measures to avoid affecting the deliberation of the new fiscal year's budget, while the opposition party is suspected that the broadcasting administration has been distorted due to entertainment. We are strengthening our pursuit, such as by asking Mr. Yamada to invite a witness as he has become stronger.