安倍首相、関電問題「第三者委で解明を」＝香港衝突、自重促す－参院代表質問

　安倍晋三首相は９日の参院代表質問で、会長辞任に発展した関西電力幹部の金品受領問題をめぐる事実解明に関し、まずは同社の第三者委員会が行う調査結果を見守る考えを示した。共産党の小池晃書記局長への答弁。
　首相は「まずは第三者の目を入れて徹底的に全容を解明することが不可欠だ」と指摘。「経営問題も含め再発防止等の措置を講じることで利用者の信頼回復に努めることが必要だ」と述べた。
　香港での警察とデモ隊の衝突に関し、「多数の負傷者が出ていることを大変憂慮している。自制と平和的な話し合いを通じた解決を関係者に求める」と述べ、双方に自重を促した。国民民主党の大塚耕平参院議員会長への答弁。（2019/10/09-17:13）

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that his government will wait and see the results of an investigation by an independent third-party panel into a high-profile money scandal involving Kansai Electric Power Co. .
   "It is indispensable for outsiders to thoroughly uncover the whole truth of the scandal," Abe said at a meeting of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.
   Kansai Electric "needs to make efforts for restoring customer trust by taking countermeasures, including on its management problems," Abe said.
   The scandal led to the resignation of Kansai Electric Chairman Makoto Yagi, who stepped down on Wednesday, and President Shigeki Iwane, who will resign by late December after a third-party panel submits a report.
   Also at the meeting, Abe said he is very worried that many people have been injured in violent clashes in Hong Kong between police and antigovernment protesters.