ズルがばれて非公認にした人が当選したら、国民に信任されたとうそぶく自民党幹事長
収支報告書の不記載が発覚した議員４６人のうち、１８人が当選し、２８人が落選した。
また、自由民主党が公認しなかった、１０人のうち、３人が当選した。
選挙に先立って、自由民主党の幹事長は、公認しなかった立候補者が当選したら、「国民が彼らを信任したのだから」、役職に就けるかもしれないと言った。
自民党の森山裕幹事長は14日、党派閥の裏金問題に関与した前衆院議員らが今回の衆院選で当選すれば、政府・党の役職への起用がありうるとの考えを示した。党本部で報道各社のインタビューに答えた。
森山氏は「不記載のあった人の役職登用」についての考えを問われ、「選挙を経るということは国民の信任を受けたということ。ここであまり差別が続いてはいけないと思う
正確にいうと、彼らの選挙区の有権者だけ、つまり国民の一部が彼らを信任した、ということだ。私を含む大勢の国民は、彼らの再選に全く関与していない。
それに、選挙区ごとに当選するための得票数が大きく異なるのも問題だ。
選挙結果を見てみると、今回の衆議院選挙で最も得票数の少なかった当選者は、富山一区の45,917票だった。
一方、例えば北海道五区では、100,893票を得た人が落選し、125,444票を得た人が当選している。
地域によって状況が異なるとはいえ、票の価値の差が大きすぎる。
訴訟が起こされるのも当然だろう。
票の勝手な解釈、票の格差以外に、物理的な問題も起きている。
豊中市で、不在者投票５２５人分を投票締め切り前に投票箱に入れ忘れるミスがあり、それらは無効票にされた。
選挙管理委員会よ、しっかりしろ、と言いたい。
不在者投票用紙を入れる箱には通し番号をふっておいて、台帳と照合するとかして、管理方法を改善すべきだろう。
一方アメリカではさらにひどい事件が起きた。
投票箱を守るために狙撃手を置くという。
どうなってるんだ、アメリカは。
タイトル写真は、「"1票の格差 2倍超は違憲" 衆議院選挙の無効求め一斉提訴」NHK,2024/10/28より引用
The LDP Secretary-General said that since the cheating was exposed, if someone who was not endorsed by the party won, it would mean that the people had given him their trust.
Of the 46 lawmakers who were found to have not filed income and expenditure reports, 18 were elected and 28 were defeated.
In addition, three of the ten candidates not endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party were elected.
Ahead of the election, the LDP's secretary-general said that if unendorsed candidates were elected, they might be able to take office because "the people have given them their trust."
To be precise, only the voters in their constituencies, that is, only a portion of the public, gave them their trust. Many citizens, including myself, had no involvement in their re-election at all.
Another problem is that the number of votes required to win varies greatly from district to district. Looking at the results, the candidate with the fewest votes in this House of Representatives election was Toyama 1st District with 45,917 votes. Meanwhile, in Hokkaido 5th District, for example, a candidate who received 100,893 votes lost, while a candidate who received 125,444 votes won.
Although the situation differs by region, the difference in the value of a vote is too large.
It is only natural that a lawsuit would be filed.
Besides arbitrary interpretations of votes and disparities in the number of votes, physical problems have also arisen.
In Toyonaka city, there was a mistake in which 525 absentee ballots were not placed in the ballot box before the voting deadline, and these were invalidated.
I want to say to the Election Commission, get your act together.
The management method should be improved by labeling the boxes for absentee ballots with consecutive numbers and checking them against a ledger.
Meanwhile, in the United States, an even more horrific incident occurred: ballot boxes were set on fire.
They say they will place snipers to protect the ballot boxes.
What's going on, America?
The title photo is taken from "'A disparity in the value of one vote of more than two is unconstitutional' - Lawsuit filed to invalidate House of Representatives elections," NHK, October 28, 2024.