Kiyoshige Maekawa, a member of the House of Representatives of the Nippon Ishin no Kai, sent a document to voters calling for a vote for himself before the announcement of the House of Representatives election last year. I was charged at home.
“I’m sure it’s not an election violation. I’ll justice in court,” Maekawa said.
Kiyoshige Maekawa (59), a member of the House of Representatives of the Nippon Ishin no Kai, was indicted at home.
According to the indictment, Senator Maekawa wrote a document in Nara City to call for a vote for himself in the House of Representatives election in October last year when he ran for Nara 1st district and was elected as a proportional representative. He has been accused of pre-exercising for violating the Public Offices Election Act, alleging that he mailed it to the office.
I mailed a sealed letter, which means that an “election postcard” with no address was included with a request to reply with the name and address of an acquaintance.
Election postcards are allowed to be sent to voters during the election period, but since it was stated that “the constituency should be written as’Kiyoshige Maekawa'”, the police effectively said that the constituency was before the announcement. Judging that he had called on voters to vote, he sent a document to Senator Maekawa in January and was considering whether the Nara District Prosecutor’s Office should prosecute him.
Mr. Maekawa commented, “I am convinced that it is not an election violation, but since I have filed a trial request, I will appeal for’justice’in the court,” and will hold a press conference from 5 pm on the 22nd. ..
Representative Maekawa is a lawyer who ran for the Democratic Party of Japan in 2004 and served as a member of the House of Councilors for two terms.
Representative Matsui of the Restoration “What should be insisted in the trial?”
Matsui, the representative of the Nippon Ishin no Kai, told reporters on the 22nd, “Representative Maekawa explained to the party that he did not ask an unspecified number of voters to vote, and the court decided. However, it is not illegal in the case of the clerical staff. He is also a lawyer and wants to fight against disagreements. I’m telling you that it should be. “