森友問題ばかりで「国益」考えぬ野党“National Interest” Ignored for

森友問題ばかりで「国益」考えぬ野党
維新・足立氏が指摘「北や中国と通じているのでは…」
“National Interest” Ignored for Moritomo Issue
Adachi (opposition Osaka Restoration Party) Points Out Possible Links with the North
 
【ニッポンの新常識】 Common Knowledge Revisited 109
　日本国憲法第41条の規定によれば、国会は「国の唯一の立法機関」である。従って、構成員たる国会議員が最優先で果たすべき職責は「立法」、つまり法案を審議して新しい法律を制定したり、不具合が生じている既存の法律を改正することだ。
　Under the provisions of Article 41 of the Japanese Constitution, the Diet shall be the sole law-making organ of the state. Accordingly, the highest priority duty of the members who comprise the Diet should be “passing laws,” or in other words, deliberating on proposed legislation and adopting new laws, or revising existing but outdated laws.
 

　衆院のサイトによると、現在開かれている第１９３回通常国会には、衆院56件、参院１０２件の議員立法と、内閣からの閣法70件、計２２８件の議案が提出された。
　According to the website of the house of representatives, a total of 228 bills were submitted to the current 193rd ordinary diet session, 56 bills from members of the house of representatives, 101 bills from members of the house of councilors, and 70 bills from the cabinet.
 

　召集日から約２カ月が経過した22日現在、衆法２件が撤回され、１件の閣法「地方交付税法及び特別会計に関する法律の一部を改正する法律案」が成立したが、残りはすべて審議中である。
　As of the 22nd, about two months since the session was first convened, two bills from the house of representatives have been withdrawn, and one bill, the “Law Amending the Local Allocation Tax Law and a Portion of the Law Concerning Special Accounts,” has been passed, with the rest still under deliberation.
 

　学校法人「森友学園」（大阪市）の問題ばかりを取り上げる民進党や共産党、社民党などの議員は、国会議員の職責を果たす意思がないのだろうか。安倍晋三内閣を倒すことを「唯一の目標」と定め、火のない所に煙を立てて審議を妨害しているように思える。
　Do the members of the Democratic Party, the Communist Party, and the Social Democratic Party who take up only the “Moritomo Gakuen” (Osaka City) [see explanation from last week’s column] issue have no intention to carry out their duties as members of the Diet? It appears that they have adopted as their “single goal” bringing down the Shinzo Abe cabinet and obstructing other deliberations with contrived smoke screens where there is no fire.
 

　おかげで、日本を除くすべての先進国が当然と考える、テロ等準備罪を新設する「組織犯罪処罰法改正」や、返還不要の給付型奨学金の創設に関する「日本学生支援機構法改正案」、東京電力福島第１原発の廃炉費用を安定確保するための「原子力損害賠償・廃炉等支援機構法の改正案」といった重要法案の審議は、すっかり脇に追いやられた。
　As a result, deliberations have been totally sidelined on such important bills as the “Law Amending the Law for Punishment of Organized Crime,” the “Law Amending the Japan Student Services Organization Law” the purpose of which is to establish student scholarship grants which need not be repaid, and the “Law Amending the Nuclear Power Indemnity and Reactor Decommissioning Assistance Organization Law,” the purpose of which is to secure stable funding for the decommissioning of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Plant.
 

　事実を伝えるべき、テレビなどの報道も相変わらずひどい。
　Reporting by television, etc. who should be telling us the facts is, as usual, in a dismal state.
 

　確かに、籠池（かごいけ）泰典理事長の教育は過大評価されていたが、教育勅語や安全保障法制、安倍晋三首相夫妻の人格などを、まとめて貶めようとする雑で執拗な報道ぶりは、放送法を遵守すべき免許事業者とは思えない。
　It is true that Chairman Yasunori Kagoike’s educational philosophy was overrated, but persistent and haphazard reporting, the main thrust of which is to simultaneously denigrate the Rescript on Education, the security legislation, and the character of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, makes it hard to believe that these media operators are actually licensed organizations that are required to adhere to the provisions of the Broadcast Law.
 

「国権の最高機関」たる国会の監視役を自称する気なら、審議時間と税金の無駄遣いを指摘し、良識ある国民の「うんざり感」も報じるべきだ。
　If they intend to present themselves as monitors of the Diet, the “highest organ of state power,” then they should point out the enormous waste of taxes and deliberative time, and report the “disgust” of sensible citizens.
 

　先週も書いたが、北朝鮮は弾道ミサイル４発を同時発射した後、「在日米軍基地を攻撃目標として行われたことを隠さない」との朝鮮人民軍戦略軍・報道官談話を発表した。ＩＣＢＭ（大陸間弾道ミサイル）の発射実験準備も最終段階にあると伝えられる。日本と米国への武力攻撃を準備中との、明確な意思表示である。
　As I wrote last week, after North Korea simultaneously launched four ballistic missiles, the Strategic Rocket Forces of the Korean People’s Army candidly made an official announcement on that this test launch was “carried out with the goal of attacking U.S. military bases in Japan.” It is said that North Korea is in the final stages of preparation for the test launching of an ICBM. This is a clear statement of intent of preparations for launching a military attack on Japan and the United States.
 

　それでも、野党や所属議員、一部メディアは「政局」「倒閣」を最優先に考えているようだ。「頭の中に『国益』や『国防』の概念すら存在しないのか？」と問いたい。
　Despite this fact, it appears that opposition party members and a portion of the media are giving highest priority to petty politics and bringing down the Abe cabinet. I want to ask, “Do they have no concept of ‘national interest’ or ‘national defense?’”
 

　もっとも、日本維新の会の足立康史議員は17日の衆院外務委員会で、「安保情勢が厳しい中で、安倍首相や稲田朋美防衛相の足を引っ張るのは、北朝鮮や中国と通じているのではないかと疑われても仕方ない」と指摘していた。これが図星であれば、一部野党やメディアは「見事な仕事ぶりだ」と誉められるだろう。
　It should be noted that on the 17th, Yasushi Adachi of the opposition Osaka Restoration Association party, pointed out that “In light of the danger to national security, simply trying to bring down Prime Minister Abe and Defense Minister Inada Tomomi raises suspicions of collusion with North Korea and China.” If these suspicions are on the mark, then a portion of the opposition parties and the media will need to be praised for their “outstanding performance.”
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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