連座制、必要８２．６％　政策活動費「使途公開し存続」５割―時事世論調査

　時事通信が９～１２日に実施した２月の世論調査で、自民党派閥の裏金事件を受け、会計責任者だけでなく政治家の責任も問う「連座制」を導入する政治資金規正法の改正について尋ねたところ、「必要だ」が８２．６％に上った。「必要ない」は４．２％だった。
　支持政党別に見ると、「必要だ」との意見は与党の自民党支持層で８１．８％、公明党支持層で８３．７％。一方、野党の立憲民主、日本維新の会、共産各党の支持層ではいずれも９割を超えた。
　政党から政治家に支給される「政策活動費」の在り方を巡っては「使途を公開して存続すべきだ」が５１．６％で最多。「廃止すべきだ」の３６．９％と合わせ、９割近くが透明性向上など制度の見直しを求めた格好だ。
　現状通りに「使途を公開せず存続すべきだ」は３．１％。「分からない」は８．４％だった。
　調査は全国１８歳以上の２０００人を対象に個別面接方式で実施。有効回収率は５９．１％。（2024/02/15-20:31）

More than 80 pct of people in Japan find it necessary for the country to adopt a guilt-by-association system so politicians, not only their accountants, can be held responsible for violations of the political funds control law, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday.
   According to the public opinion poll, 82.6 pct of respondents favored the idea of introducing the system through revising the law in the wake of the revelation of slush funds at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, while 4.2 pct opposed it.
   Even 81.8 pct of LDP supporters and 83.7 pct of backers of Komeito, the LDP's coalition partner, answered the system is necessary.
   In the opposition camp, more than 90 pct of respective supporters of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) and the Japanese Communist Party demanded the law revision.
   When it comes to funds political parties provide to their lawmakers to help them cover expenses for "policy activities," 51.6 pct of the total respondents said the funds should be maintained but what they are spent on must be disclosed. Currently, the recipients do not have to list the money in their political fund reports.