兵庫知事と前副知事を告発　優勝パレード巡る背任容疑、大阪地検に

　兵庫県の斎藤元彦知事の一連の疑惑が文書で告発された問題を巡り、プロ野球の優勝パレードへの協賛金の見返りに、金融機関の補助金を増額して県に損害を与えたとして、東京都の男性が１１日までに、背任容疑で斎藤知事と片山安孝前副知事を大阪地検特捜部に告発した。告発は２日付。
　告発状によると、斎藤知事と片山前副知事は昨年１１月、補正予算を組み、「中小企業経営改善・成長力強化支援事業」の補助金を約１億円から４億円に増額。増額と引き換えに、プロ野球阪神とオリックスの優勝パレードへの寄付を金融機関に要求し、本来不要な補助金の増額により、ノルマ通りの寄付を集めて評価を高める目的で県に損害を与えたのは背任罪に当たると主張した。（2024/09/11-15:13）

Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito and a former vice governor have been slapped with a criminal complaint accusing them of breach of trust linked to a baseball victory parade, included in a whistleblower document against Saito, it was learned Wednesday.
   A Tokyo man submitted to the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office on Sept. 2 the complaint against Saito and former Vice Governor Yasutaka Katayama.
   The pair allegedly caused harm to the western Japan prefecture by increasing subsidies to financial institutions in exchange for sponsorship money for the 2023 parade, which celebrated victories of the local professional baseball teams Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes.
   According to the complaint, Saito and Katayama increased the subsidies, aimed at promoting efforts to strengthen small businesses, from about 100 million yen to 400 million yen through a supplementary budget last November. In exchange for the larger subsidies, they requested that financial institutions donate for the victory parade.
   The pair caused damage to the prefecture through the unnecessary subsidy hike with the aim of boosting their reputation by achieving a donation target, the complaint said, alleging that their acts amounted to breach of trust.