Liberal Democratic Party begins hearings on political funding from relevant members, conducts questionnaire for all members

In response to the issue of factional political funding parties, the Liberal Democratic Party has begun interviewing relevant members of the Liberal Democratic Party about the amount of kickbacks they receive and how they are used. Additionally, we are planning to conduct a survey next week of all party members to confirm whether they receive party ticket income from their factions, which was not included in their income and expenditure reports.

In response to this issue, the Liberal Democratic Party has decided that six party executives, including General Affairs Chairman Moriyama, Political Affairs Research Chairman Watami, and Election Strategy Committee Chairman Obuchi, will interview more than 80 related members, including Abe supporters. I am.

According to multiple party officials, the hearings began on the 2nd, with Moriyama and others asking Nikai faction members at a hotel in Tokyo to confirm the amount of kickbacks they received from the faction and how they were used. The plan is to target members of the Abe faction and executives of the Kishida faction.

In addition, in response to requests from the opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party is planning to conduct a survey next week of all members of the party to confirm whether or not their factions receive party ticket income, which was not included in their income and expenditure reports. .

Through interviews and surveys, the Liberal Democratic Party aims to understand the background behind the problem, consider measures to prevent it from happening again, discuss party reform, and minimize the impact on parliamentary deliberations. It seems that.

Representative Izumi Ritmin: “It is necessary to conduct hearings that increase transparency.”

Regarding the Liberal Democratic Party's plans to begin interviewing relevant members from the 2nd in response to the issue of factional political funding parties, Constitutional Democratic Party Representative Izumi said at a press conference, ``If members hear from members, they will not be so kind or shy. It is necessary to conduct hearings to increase transparency. There is also the possibility that problems may come up from members who are not the subject of the investigation, so I think we are failing to narrow down the targets of the investigation." Did.

``If we do not receive a sincere answer, we will have to call Prime Minister Kishida a liar,'' he said, and asked all members of the Liberal Democratic Party by the 5th of this month, when substantive deliberations on the new fiscal year budget bill begin. We reiterated our request that the results of the investigation be submitted to the Diet.

Izumi also stated that several members of the Abe faction are members of the Constitutional Review Committee in both houses of the House of Representatives, and said, ``People who do not abide by the law are not qualified to be on the Constitutional Review Committee. I would like the members who were involved in this to resign from the committee."

Communist Party Chairman Tamura: ``The investigation is a pursuit of opposition parties and a reflection of the people's anger.''

Communist Party Chairman Tamura said at a press conference, ``Up until now, we had been dodging that ``the members themselves and their factions would explain,'' but the Liberal Democratic Party changed its mind to the need for an investigation because of the pursuit of opposition parties in the Diet and the public. This is a reflection of their anger.We cannot just listen to the situation half-heartedly, and the big challenge is to clarify everything, including when the money went to whom, who managed it, and what it was used for. It is impossible for the matter to end simply by correcting the income and expenditure report."