サウナ問題の大阪府池田市長、辞職表明　時期は明言せず

　市役所に家庭用サウナを持ち込むなどして問題となっていた大阪府池田市の冨田裕樹市長（４４）は２６日、市役所で記者会見し、「世間を騒がせ、市政を停滞させ、心よりおわび申し上げる。けじめと責任を取るため市長を辞職させていただく」と述べた。
　辞職の時期は、高齢者への新型コロナウイルスワクチン接種に一定のめどがついた後として、明言を避けた。（2021/04/26-16:34）

The mayor of the western Japan city of Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Monday offered to reign amid controversy over home sauna equipment that he installed in the city government office.
   "I apologize from the bottom of my heart for annoying the public and bringing city administration to a standstill," the mayor, Hiroki Tomita, 44, told a press conference.
   "I will resign as city mayor to take responsibility," Tomita said. He did not specify when he will step down, but indicated that his departure will happen after progress on coronavirus vaccinations for elderly people in the city.
   In 2019, Tomita was elected to the mayoral office for the first time, with the endorsement of Osaka Ishin no Kai, a regional party based in Osaka. After the sauna scandal came to light, he left the party in November 2020.
   A panel set up by the city's assembly to investigate the sauna issue found that the mayor had brought personal items to the city office and recognized power harassment by the mayor against city workers.