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No vision for the future of Japan: Shii comments on Hatoyama policy speech

Asked by reporters to comment on the Hatoyama policy speech, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, gHe has failed to show concrete ways to protect peoplefs livelihoods from the present economic crisis and solve the issue of the Futenma base in Okinawa.h

gA policy speech is something that should put forward concrete policies how to carry out the demands of the general public, not something that shows to the public the prime ministerfs aspirations,h Shii said.

Referring to the fact that Hatoyama mentioned nothing about DPJ Secretary General Ozawafs involvement in a scandal over land purchase, Shii stated, gI feel that thatfs strange. He has given no response to the question the people want him to answer and this was characteristic of his speech today.h

gHe has mentioned some policies in common with the JCP, such as making high schools tuition-free. Thatfs what the JCP has long called for. However, he fell short of coming up with a vision on the future of Japan as a whole in both internal and foreign affairs,h Shii stated.

Hatoyama in his policy speech used Mahatma Gandhifs phrase, gwealth without work,h and the government itself recognizes in its ggrowth strategy paperh that only a handful of large corporations are enjoying a further concentration of wealth.

Shii said that he will take up this issue in the House of Representatives plenary session and subsequent Budget Committee meetings by stating, gRedistributing this wealth to general society will be a key to boosting the economy.h

- Akahata, January 30, 2010

 


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