日本維新の
会の
石井章参議院議員が、
勤務実態のない
人物を
公設秘書として
届け出て
国から
支払われる
秘書給与をだまし
取っていた
疑いが
あるとして、
東京地検特捜部は
詐欺の
疑いで、
茨城県内にある
石井議員の
地元事務所や
参議院議員会館にある
事務所の
捜索に
入りました。
Ishii Akira, a member of the House of Councillors from the Japan Innovation Party, is suspected of fraudulently receiving secretary salaries paid by the government by registering a person with no actual work duties as an official secretary. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Department has searched Ishii’s local office in Ibaraki Prefecture and his office in the House of Councillors Members’ Office Building on suspicion of fraud.
特捜部は、秘書給与をめぐる資金の流れの解明を進めるものとみられます。
The special investigation unit is expected to further investigate the flow of funds related to the secretary’s salary.
捜索を受けているのは、茨城県取手市にある石井議員の地元事務所や、東京千代田区の参議院議員会館の事務所です。
The locations being searched are the local office of Representative Ishii in Toride City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and his office at the House of Councillors Members Office Building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
このうち地元事務所には午前10時15分ごろ、東京地検特捜部の係官数人が入りました。
Around 10:15 a.m., several officers from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Department entered the local office.
関係者によりますと、日本維新の会に所属する、参議院比例代表選出の石井章参議院議員は、勤務実態のない人物を公設秘書として届け出て、国から支払われる秘書給与をだまし取っていた疑いがあるということです。
According to sources, it is suspected that Akira Ishii, a House of Councillors member elected through proportional representation and belonging to Nippon Ishin no Kai, reported a person who did not actually work as an official secretary and fraudulently received the secretarys salary paid by the government.
公設秘書は特別職の国家公務員で、国会議員1人につき3人を雇用できると国会法で定められていて、給与は国費で負担することになっています。
Public secretaries are special national public servants, and according to the National Diet Law, each member of the Diet can employ up to three of them, with their salaries paid by national funds.
特捜部は、事務所の関係者などから事情を聴くとともに、捜索で押収した資料を分析するなどして、秘書給与をめぐる資金の流れの解明を進めるものとみられます。
The special investigation unit is expected to question people connected to the office and analyze the materials seized during the search to clarify the flow of funds related to the secretarys salary.
石井章参議院議員とは
日本維新の会の石井章参議院議員は、茨城県取手市出身の68歳。
Who is Akira Ishii, a member of the House of Councillors? Akira Ishii, a member of the House of Councillors from the Japan Innovation Party, is a 68-year-old from Toride City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
取手市議会議員などを経て、2009年の衆議院選挙で当時の民主党から比例代表北関東ブロックで立候補して初当選しました。
After serving as a member of the Toride City Council and in other positions, I ran as a candidate from the then-Democratic Party in the 2009 House of Representatives election for the proportional representation North Kanto block and was elected for the first time.
その後、2016年の参議院選挙では、当時のおおさか維新の会から比例代表に立候補して、参議院議員として初当選し、その後、2022年の選挙でも当選していました。
Afterwards, in the 2016 House of Councillors election, he ran as a proportional representation candidate for the then Osaka Ishin no Kai and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time. He was also elected again in the 2022 election.