The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is trying to use the money scandal embroiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party as political ammunition, but the main opposition party has been firing blanks so far.
Prosecutors have begun questioning lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in connection with a political funds scandal that has torn the heart out of the Kishida administration hierarchy. The scandal embroiled four Cabinet ministers, all of whom resigned.
A lawmaker with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party may have opened up a Pandora’s box by stating he regarded kickbacks from fund-raising events as part of the “culture.”
The Abe faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party exploited a loophole to conceal the distribution of proceeds from fund-raising parties to its members for years, investigative sources said.
Public trust in politics has taken another hit from the snowballing money scandal engulfing the largest ruling party faction, which supported Shinzo Abe during his seven-year, eight-month tenure as prime minister.