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JCP Kokuta criticizes DPJ for putting party interests first

 

Japanese Communist Party Diet Policy Commission Chair Kokuta Keiji on October 8 strongly criticized the Democratic Party of Japan for voting in favor of the supplementary budget bill after only three days of discussion.

 

Speaking at a news conference in the Diet, Kokuta said, gThe DPJ puts party interests first, which is unacceptable.h He was referring to the DPJfs approval of a Diet schedule that will expedite a vote on the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law to extend the Maritime Self-Defense Force refueling mission in the Indian Ocean.

 

Explaining the JCP position that the bill to extend the Anti-terrorism Special Measures Law should be scrapped and that further discussion is unnecessary, Kokuta said, gIf the ruling parties insist on discussing it, the JCP will urge the government to ensure that a thoroughgoing deliberation be held at all stages, including the plenary session, as a major national issue.h

 

Criticizing the DPJ for stating, gThis bill isnft a new political issueh that would need to be discussed, Kokuta said, gThey ought to understand that there have been some crucial developments recently in Afghanistan that need to be discussed.h

 

Kokuta cited Afghan Vice President Abdul Karim Khalilifs letter that was recently sent to the Taleban leader Mullah Omar calling for negotiation on reconciliation and that the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan said that the use of military forces cannot be the way to combat terrorism.

 

Kokuta said, gThe present circumstances clearly prove that war is ineffective for eradicating terrorism. We have to sincerely discuss what the seven years of war has actually brought about in Afghanistan.h                 - Akahata, October 9, 2008

 

 



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