Nishimura, acting chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction, issued a statement apologizing for causing distrust in politics due to the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party. He also expressed his intention to continue serving as the acting chairman of the National Diet Countermeasures Committee.
Nishimura issued a statement and apologized, saying, ``I deeply apologize for causing concern and political distrust.''
He also revealed that over the three years leading up to the year before yesterday, he had collected 5.54 million yen in excess of his party ticket sales quota and did not pay it to the faction and did not record it on his income and expenditure report.
He said he kept the excess amount at his office following instructions from the faction.
Afterwards, Mr. Nishimura told reporters, ``I repeatedly told the faction that I wanted to return it, but the faction strongly requested me to correct the income and expenditure report as a donation to my office.Although it was unwilling, , we responded in accordance with the corrections made by the faction."
When asked by reporters if he had any plans to resign from his position, he said, ``With the Diet going through such turbulent times, there are voices from young people saying, ``I want you to do your best for a little while longer.'''' He said he plans to continue acting as the acting chairman of the Diet Countermeasures Committee. was shown.