谷川元議員、公民権停止３年　罰金１００万円の略式命令―岸田派元会計責任者も・東京簡裁

　自民党派閥の政治資金パーティー収入を巡る事件で、政治資金規正法違反（虚偽記載）罪で略式起訴された谷川弥一元衆院議員（８２）について、東京簡裁は３０日までに罰金１００万円、公民権停止３年の略式命令を出した。公民権の停止期間は原則５年だが、議員辞職したことなどを考慮し短縮したとみられる。
　簡裁は「宏池政策研究会」（岸田派）の元会計責任者、佐々木和男元職員（８０）にも罰金１００万円、公民権停止３年の略式命令を出した。いずれも２６日付。
　起訴状によると、谷川元議員は元秘書と共謀し、最大派閥「清和政策研究会」（安倍派）から還流を受けるなどした計約４３００万円を、関連政治団体の２０１８～２２年分の政治資金収支報告書に記載しなかったとされる。
　佐々木元職員は宏池政策研究会の１８～２０年分の収支報告書にパーティー収入計約３０００万円を、記載しなかったとされる。（2024/01/30-18:55）

Tokyo Summary Court has suspended former lawmaker Yaichi Tanigawa's civil rights for three years over a high-profile money scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, it was learned Tuesday.
   Tanigawa, 82, who left the LDP and resigned as a House of Representatives lawmaker earlier this month, was also ordered to pay a fine of 1 million yen for violating the political funds control law.
   While the period of civil rights suspension is five years in principle, the summary court gave Tanigawa a three-year suspension, apparently taking into account circumstances including his resignation as a lawmaker.
   The court imposed the same penalties on Kazuo Sasaki, a former accounting official of the LDP faction formerly led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who had also been summarily indicted.
   According to the indictment, Tanigawa was accused of failing to report about 43 million yen in revenues, including kickbacks from the LDP's largest faction, once led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Sasaki was accused of failing to report about 30 million yen in revenues from fundraising parties.