He said that the entire selection process seemed to be rigged in favor of Kake Educational Institution being picked to open the new veterinary school, which would be the first of its kind in Japan in 50 years.
The committee meeting, however, was not attended by Abe, who is on a European tour following his participation in the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.
Opposition parties had initially refused to hold the session without Abe in attendance, before agreeing to the special parliamentary session, and Monday reiterated their demands for Abe to attend a separate session upon his return to be grilled on the matter.
Abe is under the spotlight for using his influence to ensure the selection of his friend's institution to open the new school.
Maekawa said that last year a special advisor to the Cabinet at the time visited his office and requested that he accelerate procedures for the opening of the new school.
He also told the committee that he met an assistant to Abe, at the prime minister's office, when the selection of the strategic zone was underway, and was again pressurized to speed up procedures for the new school at that time.
Maekawa went on to tell the committee that he had seen a document showing the involvement of Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda in the influence-peddling scandal involving the prime minister.
Hagiuda said he met a senior official of the education ministry but maintained that he had no memory of making any remarks indicating his involvement or culpability.
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