执政党干部周日否认，前农业部长矢野和雄曾影响那些市长在大选中未支持他的市镇的预算削减。| JIJI Jiji 2026年10月18日 执政党自由民主党的一名干部周日否认，陷入丑闻的前农业部长矢野和雄曾影响那些市长在大选中未支持他的市镇的预算削减。
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针对矢野关于道路预算被大幅削减的言论，自民党执行干事长代理萩生田光一在电视辩论节目中表示：“我们无法确认，各个项目的（预算）分配结果是否因矢野的言行而发生了变化。”“这不是一个允许一名议员单方面提高或降低地方政府预算的体系。”萩生田说道。
Commenting on Yana’s remark that road budgets had been significantly reduced for the municipalities, LDP Executive Acting Secretary-General Koichi Hagiuda said on a television debate program that “we have not been able to confirm that the results of the (budget) allocations to individual projects were changed as a result of Yana’s words or actions.”“It is not a system that allows one lawmaker to raise or lower the budget of a local government,” Hagiuda said.
他为矢野关于预算削减的言论导致其被免去农业部长职务一事道歉，并呼吁矢野应当恰当地解释自己的行为。
He apologized for the fact that Yana’s remark about budget cuts had led to his replacement as agriculture minister and called on Yana to properly explain what he did.
“预算分配不得受到任意影响，”萩生田说。他补充称，对预算分配的任何疑虑都必须彻底调查，并留有空间来审查资金是否被恰当分配。
“Budget allocations must not be arbitrarily influenced,” Hagiuda said. He added that any suspicions about budget allocations must be thoroughly investigated, leaving open the possibility of examining whether funds are being allocated appropriately.