Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has acknowledged inconsistencies in his office’s 2021 campaign spending report, NHK reported on November 24.
The issue arose after a publication in the Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine that Kishida’s office had attached 94 receipts to the expense report, the purpose of which was not specified. According to the post, this may be a violation of Japan’s election laws.
As part of the press conference, Kishida stated that he believes his campaign spending is adequate, with inconsistencies centered solely on individual receipts. According to him, the person responsible for compiling the document filled out the corresponding columns of the report, but forgot to add this information to the receipts themselves.
The prime minister said he had ordered his office not to make the same mistake again.
Recall that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took office at the head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the fall of 2021. Then, after receiving this position, he won a majority in the lower house of parliament in the general elections.
The government’s rating remained at the level of 50-65% until July 2022. But then, after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the outbreak of a scandal about the connections of the Unification Church sect with deputies from the ruling party and members of the government, the cabinet’s public approval rating plummeted, reaching 30% in October.
Amid plummeting ratings, the prime minister revamped most of the government, then had to sack three more ministers due to a series of scandals.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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