菅首相は推薦リスト把握　「詳しくは見ず」―加藤官房長官

　加藤勝信官房長官は１２日の記者会見で、日本学術会議の会員候補６人を任命しなかった問題をめぐり菅義偉首相が会議側の提出した１０５人の推薦リストを「見ていない」と発言したことについて、「決裁文書に（１０５人の）名簿を参考資料として添付していた」と説明した上で、「詳しくは見ていなかったことを指しているのだろう」と述べ、実態として首相は把握していたとの認識を示した。
　加藤氏はまた、「決裁までの間には首相に今回の任命の考え方の説明も行われている」と明らかにした。ただ、１０５人から９９人に絞り込んだ経緯については「人事の話なので詳細は控える」と述べるにとどめた。（2020/10/12-13:15）

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Monday that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga knew about the full list of 105 nominees as Science Council of Japan members, which the prime minister said he did not see.
   Kato told a press conference that the full list was attached as a reference to a document based on which Suga approved the appointments of 99 SCJ nominees, instead of the 105 nominees as recommended by the council, a government-linked institution.
   Suga has been under fire for rejecting six nominees and failing to specify reasons for the disapproval. He said in an interview with media organizations last week that the list he saw had only the names of the 99 nominees he later appointed and that he did not see the list of the 105 nominees.
   On this, Kato said he believes that Suga intended to say he did not take a detailed look at the full list by saying he did not see it.
   Kato also said that the prime minister was given an explanation about the government's stance on the latest SCJ member appointments before he gave his go-ahead.