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Okinawa Prefectural Assembly refuses to fund pro-U.S. base governorfs trip to U.S.
The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly rejected a budget request to pay for Governor Nakaima Hirokazufs trip to the United States.
The prefectural assembly on October 10 approved by a majority vote the deletion from the budget of about 14,610,000 yen requested for the trip on the grounds that it is incompatible with the assembly resolution against the construction of a new U.S. military base in Okinawa.
It is the first time that the Okinawa assembly rejected money for a governorfs trip to the United States.
Governor Nakaima had planned to visit the United States to request a steady implementation of the U.S. military realignment plan in Japan, which goes against the resolution the prefectural assembly adopted in June in opposition to the construction of a new US military base in the sea off Nago City.
Japanese Communist Party representative Maeda Masaaki spoke in favor of the deletion of expenses for governor Nakaimafs U.S. trip.
Pointing out that one of the purposes of the governorfs visit to the United States is to grequest steady implementation of the planned U.S. military realignment in Japan,h Maeda said, gThe governorfs trip is incompatible with the assembly resolution adopted in June expressing eopposition to the construction of a new U.S. military base off the coast of Nago Cityf.h
What the Okinawa governor should do is gto stand firm against the construction of a new US base in support of the prefectural peoplefs demand and to take a lead in the movement of Okinawans to remove all U.S. military bases from Okinawa,h Maeda said. - Akahata, October 11, 2008
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