Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of the Liberal Democratic Party faction, Prime Minister Kishida interviewed four executives who had discussed the handling of kickbacks from the Abe faction. The party's executive committee is coordinating next week to decide on punishments for the members involved, and will make a decision based on the contents of the series of hearings.
Regarding this issue, Prime Minister Kishida, along with Secretary-General Motegi and Chairman of the Board of Internal Affairs and Communications Moriyama, spoke with Abe's supporters, former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Shioya, former Chairman of the Policy Research Council Shimomura, former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura, and Seko Seko. Four former House of Councilors secretaries-general were interviewed individually.
According to people involved, although the hearing focused on the discussions the four people had in August on how to handle kickbacks, no new facts that would shed light on the actual situation were revealed.
On the other hand, executives who were interviewed said, ``I am not involved in the decision-making, so I cannot accept that all four people should receive uniformly heavy penalties,'' and ``Since no conclusion was reached in the discussions in August, other executives "We should also ask the executives," he said.
After interviewing the four people, Prime Minister Kishida announced that the executive branch would split up the matter and interview other relevant parties in order to clarify the actual situation.
When asked by reporters whether he would interview former Prime Minister Mori and others, he said, ``The targets have not been disclosed in the past.We will conduct interviews that are necessary to assess the public's doubts, political responsibility, and moral responsibility.'' I did.
The party executive department is coordinating next week to decide on punishments for the members involved, and will make a decision based on the contents of the series of hearings.
Meanwhile, the House of Councilors Budget Committee, which is deliberating the new fiscal year budget bill, will hold a closing question session on the 28th. The ruling and opposition parties are coordinating to vote on the budget bill in committees and plenary sessions after questions and answers, and the new budget bill is expected to be passed and enacted with a majority of votes from the ruling parties.