政治家に求められるのは法か徳か？

政治家に求められるのは法か徳か？

　石場総理が墓穴を掘ってしまった。１年生議員に会食の後、お土産として商品券10万円を渡したとの事であるが、弁明のための記者会見が無残だった。記者の質問に対して、政治資金規正法の何条についての質問かと逆に問いただし、あたかも法律に関係する事なら負けないぞという態度が見えて、異常な印象を受けた。

　法さえ守っていれば良いという態度であったとも言えるが、法の前に道や徳だろうという思いがした。また、自民党の不支持が増えるだろう。

What is required of politicians: law or virtue?
　Prime Minister Ishiba has dug his own grave. He gave a 100,000 yen gift certificate to a first-year lawmaker as a souvenir after a dinner party, but his press conference to explain his actions was disastrous. In response to a reporter's question, he in turn asked which article of the Political Funds Control Law the question was about, as if he had an attitude of not giving in to anything related to the law, which left an impression of something abnormal.

　It could be said that he was of the opinion that as long as he obeyed the law, it was fine, but I felt that morality and virtue came before the law. I also think that the number of people who disapprove of the LDP will increase.