据共同社3月14日报道，日本首相石破茂14日就向首次当选的自民党众议员分发商品券一事称：“给许多人士造成了困扰和担忧，非常抱歉。对于这一点深表歉意。”
石破茂再度强调，此事完全不触犯《政治资金规正法》和《公职选举法》。
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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that his office handed out gift vouchers to rookie Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers but maintained that the practice does not pose legal problems, "While there are no legal problems, I have to apologize for causing trouble," he added.
共同社此前报道称，石破茂本月3日与首次当选的自民党众议员在公邸聚餐之际，首相事务所以小礼品的名义向这些新议员分发了商品券。多名出席者等证实说是每人10万日元（约合人民币4897元）。当天，约15名首次当选的众议员参加了聚餐。据自民党相关人士称，所有人都退还了。
Ishiba said the gifts, delivered to the first-term lawmakers before they met for dinner at the prime minister's official residence on March 3. A voucher gift was worth 100,000 yen ($676) per person, according to participants of the meeting. An aide visited the offices of lawmakers elected to the House of Representatives last October to hand out the vouchers as souvenirs before the dinner meeting got underway, but all 15 members later returned them, according to sources familiar with the matter.
报道称，在围绕政治与金钱的国会讨论持续的形势下，石破必然会受到批评。
石破方面13日晚向媒体说明称：“觉得在聚餐之际需要（给大家一些）小礼品。这是出于善意的措施，是首相的私费支出。”
据相关人士透露，参加聚餐的议员不是石破选区的选民，不触犯《公职选举法》。另一方面，《政治资金规正法》规定，个人不允许就政治家的政治活动捐款，根据分发的目的，有可能触犯该法。
Japan's political funds control law bans donations from individuals to politicians to support their political activities. The distribution of vouchers could be seen as a violation of the law depending on its objective, experts said.
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实习生：高雪斐
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