July 1, 2009
President of the Democratic Party of Japan Hatoyama Yukio admitted that his fund-managing organization had abused the names of deceased in its list of political fund contributors.
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2009 July 1 - 7 [POLITICS]
DPJ leader admits abuse of names in its list of political contributors |
At a news conference on June 30, Hatoyama admitted that media reports regarding the false political funds report of the DPJ are “basically true.”
He accepted his oversight responsibility and apologized for the irregularities but tried to shift the blame onto his accountants, saying that he had entrusted accounting to them.
He also expressed his intention to remain as the DPJ head by saying, “I would like to fulfill my responsibility for the position, thereby performing my duties as the DPJ president.”
According to Hatoyama, his fund raising organization had received donations using 193 falsified names, amounting to 22 million yen in total between 2005 and 2008. He admitted that they had also accepted such donations even before 2005.
- Akahata, July 1, 2009
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