He, however, supported the call for good governance as well as setting up a
political fund, which he said was proposed by the former BN government, but was turned down by the then Opposition coalition.
Political fund law bans a registered firm or group from donating any funds to lawmakers.
On 1 May 2013 Unite members across the country will have received a ballot paper about the Unite
Political Fund. Unite is calling on all members to vote 'yes' to retain the fund--that's 'yes' to retain a political voice for Britain's biggest union.
''What court-appointed lawyers said is not true,'' Ozawa said at the first hearing of his trial, denying the alleged false reporting of funds handled by his
political fund management body Rikuzankai in connection with a 2004 land deal in Tokyo.
More than 70 percent of donations made by individuals in 2009 to the
political fund management body of the Liberal Democratic Party came from executives, including retired ones, of Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Ian Titherington, the secretary of Plaid's trade union section, Undeb, said: "Plaid is asking people to opt-out of funding Labour, not the general
political fund. Plaid Cymru has consistently supported the general
political fund." Plaid is eager to cultivate links with the unions."
SIR - Inside many trade unions there is a serious debate about the future of the trade union
political fund.
The controversy had deepened over Kim's alleged overseas junkets and the
political fund donation.
Thatcher's nasty little scheme backfired when members of every union that had a
political fund voted to keep it, and unions without one decided to set one up.
Unison will prepare a report over the next year on its affiliated
political fund, which goes to Labour, and its general
political fund which finances campaigns.
To me, it was a
political fund, not an illicit or illegitimate fund,' he said.
26 of falsifying
political fund reports for his
political fund management body Rikuzankai.