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Chapter 681 Hamano's Final Statement

At this time, in the conference room where the case was being heard.

Miyagawa was alone, facing a situation where she could not handle the whole thing. Although she had tried her best to hold on, Kitahara's taking her away also made her defenses flustered, and she could not focus 100% of her energy on the trial. However, for Miyagawa, who had only been involved in litigation for more than a year, it was not easy for her to fight tenaciously in the face of such a big change.

Public lawyer Hamano knew he had a sure win today.

The other party's main lawyer was arrested.

Iwasa, the judge from the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department, witnessed all of this happening.

Even a fool knows how to make a choice.

Judge Iwasa looked at both parties and said, "This case is about to be heard. All parties may make their final statements on the case. After the statements are made, if there is anything to add, you can submit it in writing later."

When Hamano heard Iwasa's instructions, he stood up and prepared to express his final opinion.

This public lawyer had been through many battles, and the moment before he opened his mouth to speak, a powerful aura of pressure suddenly emanated from him. His voice rang out:
"There is actually only one problem in this case."

"Is it wrong for our city hall to refuse to respond to citizens' unreasonable harassment in accordance with the law? Is it true that as long as citizens raise questions, we must answer every one of them? Is it true that as long as citizens criticize the city hall, such criticism is reasonable and our city hall is naturally wrong?"

Hamano took a step forward and continued:
"Many people often say that we should pay attention to the evils of power. Well, have you ever thought about why we need power? It's very simple. Power has been created to deal with evil. We have the police to deal with robbers. We have the army to deal with invaders. We have courts to deal with criminals."

"It is true that people with power will abuse their power, so we also need laws to restrain power."

"But have we forgotten the purpose of granting power in the first place, which is to deal with evil people?"

"I say this because I want to point out this simple fact to you."

"The fact is that there are bad people among the people, people can do bad things, people can make stupid moves, and people can be selfish. Not every opinion that criticizes those who exercise power in the name of the people is correct!"

The speech of this public lawyer was one link after another.

Looks impeccable.

The city hall officials who were still listening all smiled with satisfaction.

This public lawyer expressed the thoughts of these officials just right.

Hamano continued, "This is exactly the case in this case. Your company did win the bid but lost, but just because you lost doesn't mean there is something wrong with the bidding process for this project. You keep saying that there is serious fraud in the High-tech Park project. However, I would like to ask you, in a process where anonymous review experts are involved and the bidding and scoring project is transparent, is it really possible for such serious fraud to exist as the applicant has accused?"

“I want to emphasize a point here.”

“Power is not about fighting and killing.”

“The exercise of power is not a struggle of deception.”

“This is an outdated view.”

“In modern society, the exercise of power is a technology.”

"You are right. Administration is a profound art."

Hamano raised his voice and said, "From the design of traffic lights at intersections to what additives can be put into food. In modern society, the use of power to govern is a complex technology that requires specialized knowledge and skills, rather than arbitrary instructions like the feudal bureaucrats in ancient times." "The High-tech Park project in Shinjuku District is the most modern science and technology park built by Tokyo in order to attract the world's most advanced industries and talents. In order to build such a park, we need to select suitable suppliers and contractors."

"How should the park be built and completed to meet the needs of modern technology companies? The construction of those equipment and facilities should meet the needs of modern humanity and meet the needs of high-end talents. How can we identify the suppliers and contractors in front of us and whether they have the ability to achieve the above series of goals?"

"This is not a task that can be completed by just talking about it or taking a quick look. Therefore, our Shinjuku City Hall has a set of strict standard bidding process. Based on the opinions of experts, we set reasonable bidding thresholds and formulated scientific bid evaluation criteria. Many first-class Japanese companies participated in the bidding for our industrial park."

"It is true that the applicant's company lost the bid in this case. But let me ask, does this necessarily mean injustice? Have you ever thought that the companies that did not win the bid were caused by you? You did not win the bid because you did not meet the requirements and standards."

"Just like what additives can be put into food, this is a complex issue. Similarly, the selection of suppliers and contractors for the high-tech industrial park project is also a complex issue. Behind this, there are many choices and considerations, and every decision is the result of careful consideration."

Hamano raised his voice again:
"The situation in this case is actually very clear. The applicant party in this case has requested that the bidding results of more than 50 projects in the high-tech park be declared invalid. However, in the evaluation of these more than 50 projects, the applicant's company scored after more than 20 places!"

“Even if we re-tender, the applicant company will not win the bid. This administrative ruling case is entirely an action initiated by the company, which is angry and wants to vent its dissatisfaction because it failed to win the bid, and abuses its legal rights. Should we let such a small group of dissatisfied companies who only know how to shirk responsibility hinder the progress of our most important investment project in Shinjuku City?!”

"I want to repeat it again. The exercise of power in modern society is a skill. We cannot simply think about it with simple values ​​such as whether it is fair or just, but must measure it by whether it is beneficial to the citizens and whether it conforms to the standards of scientific decision-making and scientific governance!"

"On behalf of Shinjuku City Hall, I hope that the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department will make the appropriate decision on this case!"

Hamano's voice fell.

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This public lawyer showed considerable strength.

His final statement is well-cited and fascinating.

It almost put the final nail in the coffin of this case.

At this moment, Miyagawa felt nothing but despair. Miyagawa looked at the empty seat beside him. Kitahara was taken away, and Miyagawa was anxious. It was hard for him to calm down and think. Was he going to lose the case? Was he?

Miyakawa bit his lip.

She doesn't want to give up yet.

But even if I can't give up, what can I do?
Miyakawa knew that no matter what, he had to persevere to the end.

Even if we lose, we must persevere as Kitahara said.

Just as she was about to stand up——

Just when President Hamanaka and his companions had seen the City Hall's ruthless means of revenge and had lost all hope in the case -

Just when the city hall officials and Ishiwatari thought that the case was over -

There was a "click" sound.

The door of the conference room opened again——

he came! !

(End of this chapter)