The scandal of secret political funding of the largest faction of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the "** faction", continues to ferment. Kyodo News broke the news that the core 6 members of the "* faction" are all involved, and the Kishida cabinet will face a major blood change.
* The top leadership of the faction is involved in all cases, and the total amount of money is hundreds of millions of yen.
According to a report by Japan, the largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the "** faction", was exposed to a secret political funding scandal. The official name of the "* faction" is the "Qinghe Policy Research Association", which was previously led by former Prime Minister ** Jinzo. In order to raise political funds, the **faction holds a banquet once a year, and the admission ticket is 20,000 yen (about 989 yuan) per ticket to enterprises, social organizations, etc.
Members of the faction have sales targets. If the sales target is exceeded, the extra funds will have the opportunity to be returned to the councillors as their additional income. At present, the total amount of money involved in the "* faction" is reported to be hundreds of millions of yen, half of the members of the parliament are involved, and all six members of the top leadership are collectively involved. Among them, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno was accused of accepting "kickbacks" on sales in the past five years, totaling more than 10 million yen (about 490,000 yuan), but it was not included in the report on the income and expenditure of political funds. After the issue of the "small treasury" of the "* faction", Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to remove all the cabinet ministers, vice ministers, and political officials of the ** faction, and has already coordinated this.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
In order to regain the trust of the people and avoid delays in national affairs, I will fully understand the situation and consider the appropriate response at the right time regarding the personnel arrangement.
Japanese media: 4 ** cabinet ministers are confirmed to be replaced.
According to the Asahi Shimbun, multiple sources confirmed that it has been almost confirmed that Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshi Matsuno will be replaced.
1. Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasunori Nishimura, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Political Research Committee Koichi Hagiuda, and Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Diet Policy Committee Takeshi Takagi. In addition, whether to replace the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party's House of Councillors, Hiroshi Seko, is also being studied. If all of them are replaced, the core "five-member group" of the "* faction" will all be separated from the cabinet and the top level of the LDP.
Japanese political analysts said that the "small treasury" incident will hit the ** faction hard, and the people within the Liberal Democratic Party are currently shaken.
Latest poll: Kishida's cabinet approval rating hits a record low.
In response to the scandal of the secret funds of the "** faction", the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation on suspicion of violating the "Political Funds Regulation Act". On the 11th, a survey jointly conducted by Sankei Shimbun and Fuji TV showed that the approval rating of the Kishida cabinet was 225%, a record low. And on the issue of the "small treasury", there are 87Seven percent of those surveyed believe Fumio Kishida is responsible.
*： cctv4