【兵庫県の財政危機】財政のプロ・斎藤元彦知事の真の実力を、選挙ウォッチャーちだいさんが明らかにする【菅野完氏 政治解説切り抜き】

On July 22, 2026, Hyogo Prefecture Governor Motohiko Saito held his regular press conference. This session focused on financial issues, with reporters relentlessly questioning the governor based on primary source documents. The questioning began with reporter Suzuki from Kansai Television. He read out the fact that at the July 16th General Affairs Standing Committee meeting, the governor's Finance Division Chief had stated that "even excluding the maximum 0.8 percentage point deterioration in land acquisition bonds, the effective public debt ratio will exceed a three-year average of 25% in fiscal year 2032, and a transition to an early financially sound municipality is expected." The reporter then asked if this contradicted the governor's explanation that "inappropriate handling by the then-governor was the main cause." The governor simply replied, "I don't think there's any particular contradiction." The reporter further suggested that the real main cause might be rising interest rates and asked if measures such as refinancing into ultra-long-term bonds like 30-year bonds had been taken, but the governor responded, "I don't have the documents on hand." Next, freelance journalist Matsumoto confirmed that the governor was an hour late to the National Governors' Association meeting on July 16th. This was the second time the governor had been late, following his lateness at the Kansai Wide-Area Union Committee meeting and a disaster prevention drill in January of this year. The governor explained that he had "originally planned to attend around 10:00 AM." At that meeting, a "resolution toward the establishment of local autonomy and democracy," which emphasized the need for civic education due to the distortion of elections by SNS algorithms, defamation, and misinformation, was adopted before the governor's arrival. When asked about his assessment of the resolution, which appears to have been made with the 2024 Hyogo Prefecture gubernatorial election in mind, the governor repeatedly stated that it had been "appropriately implemented." Questions also touched upon the under-enrollment of prefectural high schools in fiscal year 2026. The third journalist, after carefully reading the minutes of the Fiscal Management Review Committee meeting, pressed the issue. At the July 13th meeting, only one of the five committee members mentioned the land bond issue. One of them even criticized the governor, saying, "Instead of pouring limited administrative resources into reviewing the past, we should focus on future administrative and fiscal reforms." When asked if the governor's intentions differed from those of the committee members, the governor replied, "I don't think they differ." Furthermore, despite the governor repeatedly stating that the prefecture's handling of the former prefectural bureau chief's case was "appropriate, suitable, and legal," the reporter continued to question him directly, only to receive the response, "As I have already answered." Finally, election watcher Chidai spoke. While the governor reported that a complete shutdown of the air ambulance service in July was avoided, he pointed out the reality that it can only operate three days a week, suspended from Thursday to Sunday. With heatstroke alerts in effect, why didn't the governor inform residents that the service would be suspended on weekends? On July 20th, the governor's YouTube video was an introduction to the Tonomine Plateau and Mineyama Plateau. *This video is a recording of a publicly released press conference. All statements are verbatim recordings of the responses given at the press conference and are not intended to defame or slander any specific individual. ▼Key Points Finance Division Chief's Response | Even after removing 0.8 points, it still exceeds 25% "No particular contradiction" | The gap between the Governor's explanation and the prefecture's estimates 1-Hour Late to the National Governors' Association Meeting | Absent from the adoption of the SNS resolution Summary of the Review Committee Meeting | Four out of five committee members did not mention land bonds The only committee member who mentioned it | "Focus on future reforms rather than reviewing the past" Doctor Helicopter operates 3 days a week | No announcement made under heatstroke alert #SaitoMotohiko #HyogoPrefecture #PressConference #EffectiveDebtRatio #LandBonds #EarlyFinancialRestructuringOrganization #DoctorHelicopter #KannoKan #PoliticalCommentary #Clip [Distributed July 22, 2026] Kanno-san's main channel link is here. Please subscribe to the channel!    / @noiehoie   ▼Index 00:00 "Even with the brains of finance professionals" (Highlights) 00:38 Kansai TV | Are the finance division chief's answers and the governor's explanations contradictory? 11:05 Free Matsumoto | Questioning the reason for being an hour late to the National Governors' Association meeting 25:00 Summary of the Review Committee Meeting | Four of the f...