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入閣不到一個月!日農水相簗和生請辭 高市內閣首位爆醜聞下台
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入閣不到一個月!日農水相簗和生請辭 高市內閣首位爆醜聞下台

涉嫌以免費接駁車接送支持者及刪減未支持者道路預算,簗和生向首相高市早苗請辭獲准。

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日本農林水產大臣簗和生因涉嫌違反公職選舉法及利用預算報復異己等爭議,於傍晚向首相高市早苗遞交辭呈,成為高市內閣首位因醜聞去職的閣員,上任未滿一個月。

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簗和生於今年9月17日進入內閣,因涉及道路預算分配及選舉接駁車爭議引發在野黨強烈批評。

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日本農林水產大臣簗和生涉嫌在眾議院選舉期間,以免費接駁車接送支持者,涉及違反「公職選舉法」,加上先前自曝刪減未支持自己的地方自治體道路預算,引發在野黨強烈批評。簗和生今天傍晚到首相官邸,向高市早苗提出辭呈,距離上月17日進入內閣,不到1個月,簗和生也成為高市去年10月上台以來首位因醜聞去職的閣員。

綜合日媒報導,簗和生今天在眾議院預算委員會接受質詢後,傍晚到首相官邸與高市會面,正式提出辭呈。由於高市政府正準備推動本屆國會最重要的消費稅減稅法案,而參議院的在野10會派今天也達成共識,將在參院提出問責決議案,考量到國會若持續陷入閣員醜聞攻防,恐使法案審議停擺,因此高市最終決定接受辭呈。

簗和生的爭議最早源於今年5月在地方自民黨集會上的發言,他當時提到栃木縣那須烏山市及那珂川町,聲稱已「大幅刪減」當地道路預算。由於這兩個地方自治體的首長據稱未在今年2月眾議院選舉中支持他,相關發言被質疑涉及利用中央預算分配報復政治立場不同的地方首長。

日本國土交通省證實,簗和生曾在今年2月中旬、年度預算成立前,向該省詢問相關預算分配情形,但表示並未確認他曾施壓要求刪減預算。不過,兩個自治體2026年度由地方主導的相關事業,獲得中央政府分配的預算確實較前一年減少,進一步引發在野黨質疑。

除了道路預算爭議,簗和生又被週刊雜誌爆料,在2024年及今年2月的眾議院選舉期間,陣營安排免費接駁車接送支持者,可能涉及「公職選舉法」禁止的利益提供行為。

簗和生13日在國會答辯時否認違法,強調接駁車安排並非利益提供或捐贈,且事前已由事務所人員向選舉管理委員會確認。然而,在野黨查證後指出,選管單位並無相關詢問紀錄。簗和生今天改口表示,秘書當時詢問的可能是選舉運動費用收支報告書的記載方式,前後說法出現落差。

此外,《週刊文春》今天再爆料,簗和生陣營過去曾向參與催票等選舉活動的多名工作人員支付報酬,若屬實也可能涉及違反選舉法規,使爭議持續擴大。

高市今天在眾議院預算委員會說,目前尚無法斷言簗和生的行為違法,但對他至今未能提出讓國民信服的說明感到遺憾,並要求他進一步履行說明責任。高市先前也曾表明,如果認定涉及違法,對人事處置將不會猶豫。

在野黨今天則由參議院10個黨團的國會對策委員長共同決定,準備對簗和生提出問責決議案。由於執政聯盟在參議院未掌握過半席次,問責案有通過的可能。

簗和生2012年首度當選眾議員,目前已連任6屆,曾擔任文部科學副大臣,9月17日才在第2次高市改造內閣中首度入閣。

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