斎藤知事の不信任案提出へ　立民系会派、９月議会で―兵庫県議会

　兵庫県の斎藤元彦知事のパワハラ疑惑などを巡り、県議会（定数８６）の第４会派で、立憲民主党などの県議で構成する「ひょうご県民連合」（９人）が、知事に対する不信任決議案を９月議会で提出する方針を固めたことが３１日、分かった。
　同会派の政調会長を務める迎山志保県議は取材に対し、「県民の不信感は極まった」と指摘した上で、「覚悟を持って全会派で不信任を突き付けたい」と述べ、他会派に連携を呼び掛ける考えを示した。（2024/08/31-10:38）

A group of Hyogo prefectural assembly members plans to submit a no-confidence motion against Motohiko Saito, governor of the western Japan prefecture, over his alleged power harassment to the assembly's session in September, informed sources said Saturday.
   The fourth-largest group in the local assembly has nine members, mainly those belonging to the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the leading opposition party in national politics.
   Hyogo residents' distrust of the governor has "reached a climax," Shiho Mukaiyama, policy chief of the group, told Jiji Press. She indicated a plan to seek cooperation from other groups, saying, "We hope all groups in the assembly will submit a no-confidence motion with a determination."
   For its passage, the no-confidence motion needs to be supported by three-fourths or more of assembly members present at a meeting for voting. If it is passed, Saito would have to choose between resigning as governor or dissolving the assembly.
   Saito denied the alleged workplace bullying in his sworn testimony at a special investigation committee of the assembly Friday. In the testimony, the governor, among other things, defended his decision to punish a prefectural employee who had compiled documents accusing him of power harassment.