In response to a documented accusation against Hyogo Prefecture Governor Motohiko Saito of power harassment and other allegations, the Prefectural Assembly’s Special Investigation Committee (100-Article Committee) conducted a second round of questioning of the governor on the 6th. At a press conference after the questioning, Chairman Okutani Kenichi said of the disciplinary action taken against the accuser, the former head of the Nishi-Harima Prefectural Government Bureau (who died in July), “Listening to the governor’s testimony, it turns out that they are indeed investigating the author of the accusation, which is a violation of the Whistleblower Protection Act. “I think there is not only a moral responsibility but also a legal responsibility.” Regarding the governor’s testimony, he said, “There were inconsistencies and inaccuracies in his recollection with the testimony of prefectural officials. We will continue to investigate and clarify the matter,” he said. During the questioning that day, the governor reiterated his claim that there were “no flaws in the procedures” regarding the disciplinary action taken against the former director. Regarding the testimony that the then general affairs director advised him to establish a third-party agency at the end of March after the allegations were made, he denied it, saying, “I have no recollection of that.” Regarding the testimony of an employee familiar with the disciplinary action at the 100-Article Committee meeting on August 23 that “the personnel authorities initially advised the governor through the then director of the general affairs department that they could not take disciplinary action until the results of an investigation into the whistleblowing were released,” he reiterated that “I have no recollection of receiving any specific proposal.” [Mie Omokawa, Kayo Inada] Mainichi Shimbun 2024/9/6 19:12 (last updated 9/6 19:12).
>>1 Moral responsibility? …I’m the governor, right? I think you have a responsibility to speak to the governor in words he can understand without having to look up words in a dictionary.
Is the Liberal Democratic Party responsible for covering all of Saito Motohiko’s election expenses??? Hasn’t Saito Motohiko already killed about two people???
–You wrote that you were presented with a set of golf irons. Is this true? I was not presented with a set of irons. However, another council member then asked again, “Regarding the irons, a company in Ichikawa Town responded that they sent the mold and one iron worth 150,000 yen.” Governor Saito responded, “I received one iron from Ichikawa Town and it is on display in my office. Personally, I have never been given a set of irons.”
The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly will file a complaint and the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Division will make an arrest.
Saito-san is definitely not going to quit lol If it goes to court, you can’t force your way through with emotional arguments Maybe there’ll be an Ace Attorney lol.
On the social media of a group of volunteers supporting Governor Saito during the gubernatorial election, videos were posted of him with LDP lawmakers, including Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi, former Chairman of the Policy Research Council Shimomura Hirofumi, former Minister of Olympics and Sports Marukawa Tamayo, and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Takaichi Sanae.
The official who made the accusation had been closely associated with politicians other than the Ishin Party who had power in prefectural politics even before Saito became governor, and was told sweet things like, “If you can oust Ishin’s Saito from governor, we’ll promote you to a prefectural executive position,” and “Eventually, if that’s what you want, we’ll support the election of a former prefectural official to the prefectural governorship,” so they got carried away and accused Saito, but no outright illegal activity was found, and the attack was full of slander and defamation, so it was Saito who ended up taking action, and the politicians who were closely associated with them abandoned them, saying, “You’ve failed, you incompetents!!” and so they committed suicide in despair over their own poor judgment. Isn’t it possible that the comments on the PC information left behind saying, “Personal information!!” are evidence of an attempt to oust Saito?
>>40 If one of their subordinates commits suicide, a brazen man like Saito will just grimace a little and offer words of condolence without really caring a thing.
I’ve also been questioned by about 10 people at a client’s office, completely unfamiliar to me, like in the 100-Article Committee. It’s so much fun to take down the people who ask malicious questions one by one. It’s like a reply battle lol. Maybe it’s because I’m from the same generation as Hiroyuki and the Hyogo Prefecture governor.
>>59 If it is determined that the suicide was caused by illegal conduct, you will almost certainly lose the civil case, and the compensation amount may be quite large.
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