In a case where Senator Megumi Hirose (58) (Iwate constituency, who has since left the Liberal Democratic Party) is alleged to have embezzled the salary of her public secretary, interviews with people involved have revealed that people in Hirose’s office have explained to those around them that “I was taught the method by a secretary in another Diet member’s office.” The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors’ Office Special Investigation Division is conducting follow-up investigations. According to sources, Hirose appointed the wife of his first public secretary as his second public secretary, but the role did not actually involve work, and he is suspected of defrauding the government of a total of approximately 4 million yen in salary from the winter of 2022 to the summer of 2023. Hirose is a former lawyer and will run in the July 2022 House of Councillors election. He defeated the incumbent from the Constitutional Democratic Party to win his first election, and recaptured a seat in the Iwate constituency for the first time in 30 years for the LDP. However, Hirose had difficulty running his office during his first term, and a source at the office said, “We didn’t have enough operating funds so we had to accept advice from a secretary from another Diet member’s office.” Following a series of cases of fraud involving Diet members paying the salaries of their public secretaries, the revised Diet Members’ Secretary Salaries Act was enacted in 2004. The bill includes a measure to allow the government to pay secretaries’ salaries directly. Hirose’s second secretary’s salary was also deposited directly into his account, but it is said that Hirose gave instructions to transfer the salary, and the majority of it went to him. Audio recordings of conversations between office associates about the flow of funds have been preserved and are believed to have been obtained by the special investigation unit. On his website, Hirose claims, “The second secretary runs a real estate business in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture, but she was actually working as a secretary, creating a list of supporters and driving a car through remote work.” [Yasumoto Kumiko, Kitamura Hidenori, Iwamoto Sakura, Yamada Yutaka] Mainichi Shimbun 2024/8/2 18:17 (last updated 8/2 19:43).
On the evening of the 30th, members of the LDP’s Kishida faction held a meeting at the House of Representatives members’ accommodation in Akasaka, Tokyo. Things like dissolving factions were just empty talk.
The Liberal Democratic Party has a manual for theft. It has been revealed before that local thefts are also being instructed by the central government.
That’s why they say all lawmakers should be investigated forcibly lol I wonder how many of them will remain lawmakers lol They’re willing to put their own money into becoming lawmakers Of course it’s because they can get even more money than that lol Considering the salary of lawmakers, they won’t even make a profit if they do it honestly lol.
Having sex with a Canadian foreign spy in a love hotel. He took a carefree trip to Paris with Matsukawa Rui and others at government expense. Secretary salary fraud.
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