Former LDP member Megumi Hirose resigns as Upper House lawmaker

Former ruling party member Megumi Hirose resigned on Thursday as a lawmaker of the House of Councillors over allegations that one in every of her secretaries had fraudulently acquired a wage utilizing state funds.

Hirose, 58, stated in a press release that it’s true that one in every of her secretaries did certainly obtain funds from the wage of her main state-funded secretary.

“I made a decision that it’s not acceptable for me to stay as a lawmaker” given this inconsiderate act, she stated.

Hirose was elected to the Upper House from the Iwate prefectural constituency. A by-election to fill the emptiness left by her resignation is predicted to happen on Oct. 27.

Hirose give up the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on July 30 when investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office searched areas associated to her on suspicions of fraud over the allegations.