Liberal Democratic Party Mr. Shioya considers request for reexamination of disposition Will the aftermath of disposition continue?

Former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Shioya, an Abe faction, was advised to leave the party over issues surrounding the faction's political funding party, and is considering requesting a reconsideration of his punishment. While there are opinions within the party that this is putting a damper on efforts aimed at restoring trust, there is also deep-rooted dissatisfaction with the executive branch that decided on the punishment, and the aftermath is expected to continue.

The Liberal Democratic Party decided to punish 39 related members and other members over this issue, and Prime Minister Kishida said in the Diet on the 5th, ``Despite being in the position of a faction executive, he did not take appropriate action and as a result, the practice of not reporting was allowed to continue for many years.'' "We have taken strict action to take responsibility for causing great political distrust."

In response, Abe's former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Shioya Shioya, who was recommended to leave the party, held a press conference and said, ``We never planned or led anything, and the punishment was given based on a misunderstanding of the facts.'' It's extremely disappointing," he said.

Mr. Shioya said that he was appointed as the faction's chairman in August last year, and that he was not in a position to coordinate the faction and was not involved in accounting for the five years until the year before last, when the party confirmed the amount that had not been recorded in the income and expenditure report. We are considering requesting a reconsideration of the disposition.

Regarding Mr. Shioya's response, some within the party have expressed the opinion that ``the decision to punish him is putting a damper on efforts to restore trust.''

On the other hand, there is deep-rooted dissatisfaction with the executive branch's response, with the content of the disciplinary action and the basis for the decision being unclear and unsatisfactory, and the aftermath is expected to continue.