The former mayor of Manazuru Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, illegally copied the electoral list and used it for his own elections. Two lawmakers who passed a resignation recommendation resolution in parliament both denied resignation.
Former Mayor Kazuhiko Matsumoto of Manazuru Town illegally copied the electoral list in February last year when he was an employee of the town and used it for his own elections. I made it clear and resigned last month.
On the night of the 7th, a discussion meeting on this issue was held at a town facility, attended by all 10 members of the Diet and 20 townspeople.
Among them, there were a series of voices asking for responsibility, such as "The townspeople are angry at the wrong way" about former town mayor Ken Aoki and Katsumi Iwamoto who received a copy of the list and passed a resolution recommending resignation by the parliament. rice field.
On the other hand, the two said that they did not use the list and discarded it, and Representative Aoki said, "I would like to take it seriously and take the job in order to earn the trust of those who supported me." Representative Iwamoto said, "I will explain to the supporters in the future actions. I have no intention of resigning." Both denied resignation.
Mr. Tetsuya Yabuta, who participated in the meeting, said, "I'm not convinced that I can't stop even though the facts I received are solid."