Japan Restoration Party Secretary-General Fujita said that Kiyonari Maekawa, a member of the House of Representatives who was found guilty of violating the Public Offices Election Law and was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 yen in the first trial, "is presumed innocent until the judgment is finalized." He said that he would watch the trial without disposing of it at this time.
Kiyonari Maekawa, a member of the House of Representatives of the Japan Restoration Party, was accused of violating the Public Offices Election Law for sending a letter calling for voters to vote for him before the public announcement of the House of Representatives election two years ago. The district court handed down a guilty verdict last week with a fine of 300,000 yen.
LDP secretary-general Fujita said at a press conference, "I have heard that Rep. Maekawa himself will appeal because he claims that the content of the ruling is logically incorrect."
After that, he said, ``I am presumed innocent until the verdict is finalized, and at the moment, I have no intention of disposing of it as a party.