Opposition parties grow increasingly critical of LDP’s endorsement of lawmakers with slush funds, calling it “lacking in integrity”

https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260122/k00/00m/010/054000c

　The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has decided to officially endorse lawmakers involved in a factional slush fund scandal as candidates for the upcoming House of Representatives election (announced on the 27th, voting on February 8th), sparking outrage from opposition parties. The nominees include former lawmakers who lost in the last Lower House election in 2024. With each party expected to continue calling for issues surrounding money and politics and political reform, this is likely to become a key issue.