GUNMA (TR) – Following a report this week alleging adultery with a subordinate, Maebashi City mayor Akira Ogawa has vowed to not resign from her publish, stories the Yomiuri Shimbun (Sep. 26).
Ogawa apologized on the common metropolis council assembly on Friday. “I deeply apologize for causing great inconvenience to all citizens,” she stated.
In a subsequent closed-door briefing with metropolis council members, she expressed her want to proceed in her place.
Earlier this week, a web-based news web site reported that Ogawa, 41, on a number of events this 12 months met at a love resort with a married male subordinate whereas on official enterprise.
Ogawa is single. At a news convention on Wednesday, she admitted to visiting resorts with the married male worker greater than 10 occasions, however defined that there was no romantic relationship.
According to a number of metropolis council members, Ogawa on Friday once more defined to all 38 council members the circumstances surrounding her love resort visits with the married male worker.
She once more denied any romantic involvement. The metropolis council deemed the reason inadequate and confirmed its intention to compile opinions and questions relating to Ogawa by September 29.
According to town, they’ve obtained roughly 2,000 complaints from residents on Thursday and Friday.