Chapter 14 Before the Storm
The current situation is very dangerous.
According to Hamanaka's story, Kitahara himself will face an extremely strong interest exchange network. It is conceivable that if he takes legal action against the high-tech park project on behalf of President Hamanaka, not only Eriko will launch a counterattack, then
Together with the city hall and the local development committee, Ishiwatari will launch a fierce counterattack.
Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents.
Since Eriko is one of the financial resources of Shinjuku City Hall, the city hall must protect Eriko.
Kitahara sat on the office chair, turned to the other side, turned on the computer, moved the mouse, and searched for information on the Shinjuku District High-tech Park project.
Soon, relevant search results popped up on the web page.
Click on several news web pages one after another.
Regarding the high-tech park project, there are silhouettes and group photos of celebrities from all walks of life.
Many online magazines and newspapers regard this project as a key project for the further development of Shinjuku City.
There are even editorials advocating that if the industrial park succeeds, then Shinjuku's experience should be promoted nationwide to create a second engine for Japan's economic growth.
There is another page that you click on, which shows photos of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and several members of Congress inspecting the industrial park.
Obviously, from all aspects, this industrial park project is now the face of Shinjuku City. The local city hall, and even some big shots higher up, will never allow this project to have problems.
If the scandal of bidding issues in this project is exposed at this time, it will definitely be a big shock.
At that time, audit investigators from the Accounting Inspection Service will inevitably be stationed for the audit.
It is estimated that the Shinjuku District Prosecutor's Office will also start investigating whether there are bribery and bid-rigging crimes. In addition, next year is the re-election date for members of the Diet. Add up the overt and covert struggles of various forces, and this legal action will inevitably evolve.
It has become a political explosive keg, and no one knows where it will eventually burn.
"Lawyer Kitahara, I want to know if we have to go to court to sue them." Hamanaka asked. Although the president found Kitahara and hoped that they would take legal action. However, when it came to the court, in fact
, and there is not much practical benefit. Even if the money is finally recovered successfully, the city hall has no idea that it will carry out various retaliatory actions, which will also make it difficult for the company to survive in the future.
Kitahara is also thinking.
If you file a lawsuit directly, it will overturn the table.
By then, there will be no room for negotiation with the opponent.
On my side, I want to investigate clearly the matter of Eto deceiving Bu and Eriko.
If the card table is overturned at the beginning, then you will not be able to play cards one by one.
Obviously, this is not a situation Beihara is happy to see.
If you file a lawsuit directly, the media will definitely ferment it.
By then, things will be beyond your control.
Originally, I just wanted to use the Binaka case to further investigate Jiang Lizi.
If things develop out of control, you will become a borrowed knife for others to kill.
How can I do?
If we do not initiate judicial proceedings, how can we put enough pressure on local city halls?
While he was thinking hard, a word suddenly popped into Beiyuan's mind.
【Administrative Ruling】
[The so-called administrative adjudication means that certain matters closely related to the exercise of administrative management are not handled in court, but are first made internally by the administrative agency. This procedure is quasi-judicial. If one party is dissatisfied with the administrative
Unless the law expressly stipulates that the administrative decision is final, the administrative decision may be revoked by the court.]
"President Hamanaka, I think the current procedure of directly filing judicial lawsuits is not appropriate. Of course, direct lawsuits can put a lot of pressure on the city hall, including the impact of public opinion. However, once both parties enter a deadlock situation, the city government will
With Jiang Lizi still in the hall, they will have no scruples. At this time, we have lost our trump card against them."
"So, I suggest that we can first apply for an administrative ruling on the illegality of bidding and request that suppliers who illegally win the bid be excluded," Kitahara said.
"Okay...administrative ruling..." Binaka was a little surprised when he heard this word. He did not expect that besides judicial litigation, there would be other channels.
"So, Lawyer Kitahara, to which agency are we going to file this so-called administrative ruling?" Hamaka further asked.
"Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department." Kitahara's voice said.
As soon as I heard that it was the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Department of Finance, the expressions of the people in the office suddenly changed. In Japan, the main economic activity zone is Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Department of Finance is in charge of not only the finances of a region, but also the finance of this region.
The lifeblood of national fiscal revenue.
One can imagine how many powerful people there will be at the Tokyo Finance Department.
"Then...that's the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Finance Department. Will it really accept a case like ours?" Hamaka couldn't help but ask.
"According to the law, it must accept." Beihara replied calmly, "As long as the law stipulates that it has the authority to adjudicate procurement issues that arise in municipal areas, then it must accept our application."
"It is currently a better choice to submit an administrative ruling to the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Office than to file a judicial lawsuit directly." Kitahara further added, "First, the administrative ruling process is highly confidential. Basically, the case will be handled by outside parties.
This also means that we have not finally broken up with the city hall. Secondly, while keeping the confidentiality high, it also fully puts pressure on the city hall. After all, the Shinjuku City City Hall is just an agency of Shinjuku City. With them
It is not easy for our power and energy to influence the ruling of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Finance Office."
"If the final administrative ruling does not achieve our results, then we will choose to resort to judicial procedures. At that time, it will be a real life-and-death struggle."
Hamaka listened to the young male lawyer in front of him.
In the past, incidents of being bullied by city hall staff came to mind again.
The president looked back at his employees.
He has no way out.
If we continue to retreat, the company will go bankrupt.
Dozens of families will lose their income.
I will feel sorry for the employees who have been working hard and giving.
"Lawyer Kitahara, please!" President Hamanaka said, "Please help us file an administrative ruling with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Department of Finance regarding the illegal bidding of the high-tech industrial park project. At the same time, suppliers in similar situations to us,
There are five other companies. They are all facing a similar situation to us. Lawyer Kitahara, I also represent other suppliers who have been squeezed out, and I also ask you to do so!"
Beihara nodded, "The more clubs involved, the more pressure it will put on them."
that's all--
In the morning, President Hamanaka and Kithara formally signed an agency contract.
Several suppliers who have been delayed by the city hall have finally decided to take legal action and are preparing to entrust lawyers to file administrative adjudication procedures with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Department of Finance. Shinjuku City's high-tech industrial park project is a hot and big project.
Chapter completed!