After a former member of the House of Councilors was arrested for misusing a boarding pass that allows him to board JR for free and defrauding a limited express ticket for the Shinkansen, the Liberal Democratic Party's chairman of the Diet, Takagi, boarded when he resigned. He expressed the idea that it is necessary to thoroughly return the testimony.
Yasuo Yamashita, who served as a member of both Houses of Parliament, was suspected of fraud by misusing the boarding pass issued during his tenure to allow him to board the JR train for free and defrauding the limited express ticket for the Shinkansen Green Car. Was arrested in.
Regarding this, the Liberal Democratic Party's chairman of the Diet, Takagi, told reporters, "It is said that I had a boarding pass that had been invalidated, and it is necessary to return it properly when I quit the Diet." I pointed out.
In addition, at the board of directors of the House of Councilors Steering Committee on the 10th, the Nippon Ishin no Kai insisted that the identity verification when using the boarding pass was ambiguous and that the operation should be discussed.
In response, the Constitutional Democratic Party, to which former Representative Yamashita belonged, apologized, "I apologize for not being there."
Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party, Hiroshige Seko
At a press conference, the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, Hiroshige Seko, said, "It is important that the person himself reveals everything to the investigative authorities. He has been a senior member of the Prefectural Federation even after the party was established, and there is a suspicion that he used the boarding pass for business trips in that position. This point is accountable, including the Constitutional Democratic Party. "