Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 654 Overturning

The city hall officials sitting in the audience were already a little anxious. They had not expected that the other party's lawyers would seize on the problems of opening bids for dozens of projects at once. It was also the time when the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly investigation team was stationed in Shinjuku District. If problems occurred in so many bidding projects at the same time at this sensitive moment, it would probably cause a huge storm.

This is a scene that no city hall bureaucrat wants to see.

At this moment, Iwasa, the case examiner at the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department, was stunned when he saw Kitahara and his team's accusation. As the judge of this case, Iwasa, a senior official of the Finance Department, will decide the final outcome of the case.

The situation of 43 projects being accused of illegal bidding at one time was a situation that Iwasa had never encountered before.

Previously, he had also coordinated disputes between companies in municipal projects.

Generally speaking, even if companies in Shinjuku Ward suffer losses in bidding, they will not take legal action against the city hall.

If the company feels that the loss is too great, it will usually mediate and coordinate privately through officials from the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department. In this way, the interests of both the company and the city hall will not be too unbalanced.

Iwasa has also dealt with such disputes before.

However, such a large-scale complaint involving illegal bidding for so many projects was beyond Iwasa's imagination.

"I must remind you, Attorney Kitahara and Attorney Miyakawa," Iwasa said, "The Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department will exercise its administrative adjudication power in accordance with the law and will respond to your requests one by one. However, your requests must be based on facts and law, and you cannot make requests for the purpose of revenge, venting anger, or framing someone."

"Now, you ask to review 43 bidding projects at one time. Are you sure?" Iwasa said.

Hamano was nervously flipping through the materials, and when he heard the judge say this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly understood Iwasa's idea.

The judge of the case did not want to cause trouble over this matter.

Although Shinjuku Ward's annual budget and major production projects fall within the scope of local autonomy, they are also copied to the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department. Legally speaking, the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department has the obligation to conduct a post-inspection. If such a serious accident occurred in Shinjuku Ward, the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department would surely not be very proud of it.

In a sense, the interests of the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department and the city halls of each ward are actually tied together.

Part of the tax revenue of each district city hall is also remitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Who can resist money?

When Miyakawa heard the judge ask this question, she was also a little surprised. However, after being surprised, the beautiful lawyer quickly realized why the judge asked this question.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department and Shinjuku City Hall are in the same group after all.

I remember that before the first hearing of the case, Miyakawa had studied Iwasa's resume. Before Iwasa was transferred to the Tokyo Finance Department, he had been working in a large municipal enterprise. Many of the mechanisms for extending the payment period and delaying payment were designed by Iwasa.

The most despairing thing about this trial is that their enemies are not only the Shinjuku City Hall, but also the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department.

Miyakawa was about to speak when he answered "yes".

However, the words have not yet been spoken.

Miyagawa had just uttered a word when he was interrupted by Iwasa again.

Iwasa said with a serious expression, "Miyagawa, although this is not a courtroom, you can see that we also have a clerk. We will record every word you say during this trial. You will bear the corresponding consequences and responsibilities for every opinion you express and every fact you state. So, Miyakawa, please think it over carefully before answering."

Iwasa's subtext has almost been revealed.

They were unwilling to review the illegal bidding of more than 40 projects.

Iwasa knew that the city hall would inevitably have collusion on some projects. If a few projects were illegally opened for bidding, it would be fine. Iwasa would have made a fair judgment, but when it came to more than 40 projects, it became a hot potato. No matter how you judged, it would be wrong.

"Please think carefully." Iwasa said again.

Just now, the two young lawyers finally managed to gain the upper hand in the trial. However, as soon as they gained the upper hand, they were immediately questioned by the judge of the case.

Even bystanders would have to think it was outrageous.

President Hamanaka, who had been listening to the trial, could not help but clench his knees with his hands when he saw that his lawyers were being harassed by the neutral judge.

President Hamanaka originally thought that taking legal action to protect his own rights was already a difficult path.

But I never thought that this road would be so difficult.

Kitahara looked at Iwasa and asked such a question, and a rather strange smile appeared on his face. The attitude of the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department is very clear. If you are determined to continue to sue so many projects for illegal activities, then you should also be prepared for retaliation.

Even so, Kitahara still smiled.

The next second, Kitahara's voice was heard saying:
"Judge Iwasa. We are not sure about the specific offenses we are charging you with, but there are 43."

This is what the young male lawyer said.

After the voice rang out, the city hall officials present could not believe their ears. Did they give up just because of this shock? Did they just surrender and admit defeat?

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Hamano was also a little stunned, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

However, it is also possible that the two young men on the opposite side could not withstand the inner pressure.

After all, at first, you may be passionate about pursuing naive justice, but in the end, you may find that it is not the case. The complexity and depth of society, the entanglements and relationships between different people, are far beyond students' imagination.

Hearing Kitahara say this, Iwasa breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the two young lawyers on the other side will reduce some of their demands.

At least it will make this hot potato no longer so hot.

At that time, we can let the Shinjuku Ward City Hall coax and deceive the companies they represent, and throw some candies at them, and the matter should be settled.

But just when everyone in the meeting room from the city hall relaxed—

The young male lawyer's voice sounded again:

"Judge Iwasa, we can tell you for sure that we are still collecting additional evidence. At the end of the day, we will definitely file charges for more than 43 projects that have opened bids illegally!"

There are definitely more than 43.

The last sentence reached the ears of everyone in the conference room.

Even Iwasa was stunned.

He thought that under the pressure, the two young men on the opposite side might back down.

But the lawyer named Kitahara actually said in one breath that there were far more than 43 problematic projects.

What on earth is he trying to do?!

Are they going to completely overturn the entire Shinjuku City Hall? ! !

(End of this chapter)