Regarding the former public prosecutor's first secretary of former Prime Minister Abe, who was briefly charged with the issue of the social gathering held the night before the "Sakura wo Miru Kai", the prosecution examination committee in Tokyo said that the original political fund balance report was He voted that the prosecution was unconvinced that some of the criminal charges were not prosecuted because they were abandoned.
Regarding the social gathering on the eve of the "Sakura wo Miru Kai", the total cost for the five years from 2015 to the adult amounted to about 23 million yen, of which Abe was responsible for more than 8 million yen. It became clear that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office did not list the balance of the social gathering in the report last December with the former public first secretary who was the representative of the political organization "Shinzo Abe Supporters Association" that hosted the social gathering. He was briefly charged with violating the Political Funds Control Act.
The criminal accusation was targeted for five years from 2015, but the Special Investigation Department kept the original report for four years from 2016. I was briefly charged with the crime.
Regarding this, the Tokyo 5th Prosecutor's Office said, "The former public 1st secretary admits that there is no description for 2015, and a copy of the report is also published online. Even if the original is discarded, other Since the non-statement can be found from the evidence, it is not convincing to the general public, and it was decided that "non-indictment is unreasonable."
In addition, the vote points out that "to avoid such a situation, it is necessary to revise the law and operation so as not to discard the original report until the unstated statute of limitations is completed."
In response to this, the Special Investigation Department will conduct an investigation again and decide again whether to prosecute the former public first secretary for the non-statement for 2015.
On the other hand, regarding the fact that former Prime Minister Abe was not prosecuted for this issue, the civic group has filed a petition with the prosecution examination committee, saying that "there is a serious misunderstanding of the facts and it is extremely unreasonable."