Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Komori submits resignation due to 700,000 yen of income not being listed on income and expenditure report

Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, who belongs to the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, has submitted a letter of resignation after failing to record 700,000 yen in income in the income and expenditure report of the branch of the political party he represents over the faction's political funding party. revealed.

Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Komori told reporters at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications around noon on the 31st, ``It has been confirmed that 700,000 yen of donations from a faction have not been reported to the branch of the political party that I am the representative of.There is no awareness that there was any recirculation or non-recording of donations. However, when the Abe faction corrected its income and expenditure report, the branch also corrected it.I apologize for causing distrust in politics,'' he said, and announced that he had submitted his resignation to Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto, and that it had been accepted. I made it.

Last month, the government replaced 10 of the 15 members of the Abe party over this issue, but Parliamentary Vice-Minister Komori remained in the post.

Regarding this, he said, ``We accept that the parliamentary vice-ministers who had no or only a weak connection to the omission were uniformly retained.At the time, the facts were being confirmed, and the omission was finally confirmed here.'' It's only been a few days."

Parliamentary Vice-Minister Komori also said, ``When I was elected by Ishikawa Prefecture, I was in the middle of working to reflect the feelings of the disaster-stricken areas from within the government.It is with great sadness that I resign like this.'' said.

Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto “The best person to respond to the earthquake disaster, his resignation is very unfortunate.”

Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto told reporters at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, ``Parliamentary Vice-Minister Komori, who was elected by Ishikawa Prefecture, is responsible for responding to the earthquake disaster, which is our biggest challenge, and he is the perfect person to replace me, so I am very sorry that he has resigned.'' "Trust in politics is an extremely important issue, and I share the weight of that issue by accepting your letter of resignation."