堀井学議員、辞意表明　香典配布問題で

　自民党を離党した堀井学衆院議員（５２）＝比例代表北海道ブロック＝は２８日、選挙区内の有権者に香典などを配ったとされる事件を受け、議員辞職する意向を表明した。堀井氏は「選挙で託された１票を踏みにじる結果となった。全て私の順法精神の欠如が原因で、議員辞職する決意をした」とのコメントを発表。近く議員辞職願を衆院に提出する。
　東京地検特捜部は７月、堀井氏が秘書らを通じて自身名義の香典などを提供した公選法違反容疑で、堀井氏の議員事務所や自宅などを家宅捜索した。
　堀井氏は２０１２年衆院選で初当選。安倍派に所属し、派閥裏金事件では政治資金収支報告書への不記載額は１８～２２年の合計で２１９６万円に上った。（2024/08/28-12:33）

Manabu Horii, a 52-year-old lawmaker who left Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party over his alleged election law violation, announced Wednesday his resignation as a House of Representatives member.
   "I've ended up trampling on the trust placed on me by each vote, entirely due to my lack of law-abiding spirit. So I decided to quit," he said in a statement.
   He is expected to submit his resignation to the lower chamber of the country's parliament soon.
   In July, the Tokyo District Prosecutors Office searched his office and home on suspicion of providing condolence money under his name and other things to voters through his secretary.
   Horii, an Olympic medalist in speed skating, was first elected to the Lower House in 2012. A former member of the LDP faction previously led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Horii failed to record 21.96 million yen in political fund reports between 2018 and 2022.