2024.03.27 21:48Nation

岸田首相、西村・世耕氏を聴取 裏金事件「調査続ける」

 岸田文雄首相(自民党総裁)は27日、安倍派の政治資金パーティー裏金事件を受け、同派の幹部だった西村康稔前経済産業相と世耕弘成前参院幹事長を追加聴取した。この後、首相官邸で記者団に「来週に向け、必要な追加の調査を執行部で手分けして続けたい」と述べ、他の元幹部も念頭にさらなる聴取を行う考えを示した。
 聴取は東京都内のホテルで行われ、茂木敏充幹事長と森山裕総務会長が同席した。焦点となっているキックバック(還流)継続の経緯を確認したとみられる。
 首相は26日に元幹部の塩谷立・元総務会長と下村博文元政調会長を追加聴取した。安倍派の還流を巡っては2022年4月、会長だった安倍晋三元首相が廃止を決定。しかし、安倍氏死去後の同年8月、今回聴取を受けた4人の協議を経て継続された。首相は還流を止めなかった責任を重視し、来週にも「選挙における非公認」を軸に処分を検討している。(2024/03/27-21:48)

2024.03.27 21:48Nation

Kishida Questions LDP's Nishimura, Seko over Money Scandal


Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday questioned two former senior members of the party's largest faction over a high-profile money scandal.
   Former industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura and Hiroshige Seko, former LDP secretary-general in the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the country's parliament, were questioned at a hotel in Tokyo, a session also attended by LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi and General Council Chairman Hiroshi Moriyama.
   On Tuesday, Kishida questioned two other senior Abe faction members--former LDP General Council Chairman Ryu Shionoya and former Policy Research Council Chairman Hakubun Shimomura. The faction was once led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
   In April 2022, then faction leader Abe decided to abolish the practice of handing out kickbacks from fundraising party revenues to faction members. The scheme, however, was maintained following talks among the four senior faction members in August of the same year, after Abe's death.
   Kishida told reporters after Wednesday's questioning that additional probes will be made, but he declined to mention who would be the subject of the additional investigations.

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