■日本の石破茂首相は、自身の事務所が10数人の新人議員に商品券を提供していたことを認めた。
➣ Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has admitted that his office gave gift certificates to the offices of more than a dozen new lawmakers.
✅商品券 ⇒ gift certificate / gift voucher
■政治資金規正法は、個人が政治家に対して金銭や有価証券の寄付を行うことを禁じている。
➣The political funds control law bans individuals from providing politicians with monetary and securities donations.
✅政治資金規正法 ⇒ political funds control law / Political Funds Control Act〔日本法〕
■彼は、「食事を共にする代わりに、議員の家族への感謝の印として、自分の資金で用意した」と述べた。
➣He said, “I prepared them from my own money as a token of appreciation for family members [of the lawmakers] in lieu of having dinner together.”
✅感謝の印 ⇒ a token of appreciation / as an expression of one's gratitude
✅in lieu of ⇒ ～の代わりに◆instead of に近い意味
■首相は、議員の誰も自身の選挙区に居住していないため、この行為は公職選挙法にも違反しないと付け加えた。
➣The prime minister added that the action also did not violate the public office election law as none of the lawmakers live in his own electoral district.
✅ 選挙区 ⇒ electoral district / constituency
✅ 公職選挙法 ⇒ public office election law / Public Offices Election Act〔日本法〕
