December 20, 2014
The seven major political parties (other than the Japanese Communist Party) on December 19 received from the Internal Affairs Ministry a total of 7,313,060,000 yen as the last of this year’s four installments of government subsidies granted to political parties.
The amount of subsidies given to the seven political parties was: 3.94 billion yen to the Liberal Democratic Party; 1.7 billion yen to the Democratic Party of Japan; 680 million yen to the Japan Innovation Party; 650 million yen to the Komei Party; 320 million yen to the Party for Future Generations; 173 million yen to the Social Democratic Party; and 25.6 million yen to the New Renaissance Party.
At the beginning of this year, 11 political parties applied for this year’s government subsidies. The government used 31,510,990,000 yen in taxpayer money to fund the annual grant to the 11 parties this year. Of them, four parties have disappeared or lost their eligibility for the subsidies before the ministry made the final payment of subsidies.
The JCP refuses to accept the government subsidies on the grounds that the subsidy system violates constitutional freedom of thought and creed ever since the system was introduced.
Past related articles:
> Shii criticizes political parties for their dependence on public funding [December 2, 2014]
> JCP Sasaki criticizes gov’t for subsidizing political parties while planning to impose higher sales tax on people [March 1, 2014]
The amount of subsidies given to the seven political parties was: 3.94 billion yen to the Liberal Democratic Party; 1.7 billion yen to the Democratic Party of Japan; 680 million yen to the Japan Innovation Party; 650 million yen to the Komei Party; 320 million yen to the Party for Future Generations; 173 million yen to the Social Democratic Party; and 25.6 million yen to the New Renaissance Party.
At the beginning of this year, 11 political parties applied for this year’s government subsidies. The government used 31,510,990,000 yen in taxpayer money to fund the annual grant to the 11 parties this year. Of them, four parties have disappeared or lost their eligibility for the subsidies before the ministry made the final payment of subsidies.
The JCP refuses to accept the government subsidies on the grounds that the subsidy system violates constitutional freedom of thought and creed ever since the system was introduced.
Past related articles:
> Shii criticizes political parties for their dependence on public funding [December 2, 2014]
> JCP Sasaki criticizes gov’t for subsidizing political parties while planning to impose higher sales tax on people [March 1, 2014]
