Down with Abe and Aso, main culprits of “Falsification of official documents”! – Protest in front of the Prime Minister’s Office

 

Many people gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in protest in the evening of March 12, 2018 after the falsification of official documents was exposed. Many carried placards expressing their anger against Prime Minister Abe, “Down with Abe”, “Abe Cabinet is over”, and “Abe is the main culprit”. Some others had placards saying, “Media, we are behind you”, supposedly showing their support to the recent good job of the media about the disclosure of the scandal. One of the participants clearly said, surprised of the increasing number of people, “Everyone is so angry at Abe. There is no way that he will continue to be the prime minister”. KAYAMA Rika, a psychiatrist, appealed, “Japanese society has leaned to the right and been filled with hate speeches since Abe took office. The Abe Administration has forcibly enacted bad laws such as the War Law. This time, he is tainted with scandals. We are fed up with the Abe Administration that has continued for 5 years. We demand Abe resign”. The most remarkable chant was “Down with Abe and Aso (Finance Minister), rather than Sagawa (former Ministry of Finance official and the former Commissioner of the National Tax Agency, involved in the scandal)”. Our struggle to kick out Abe and Aso, the main culprits, has started. (M)  

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「公文書改ざん」主犯の安倍と麻生は許さない！〜3.12 官邸前緊急大抗議

公文書改ざんが明らかになった3月12日夜。官邸前には怒りの市民が続々と集まり、歩道はぎっしり埋まり長い列がつくられた。呼びかけは旧シールズのメンバーら。プラカードには「安倍はやめろ」「アベ内閣は終わり」「トカゲの頭 主犯安倍」など安倍への怒り一色だった。なかに「メディアよ がんばれ」のプラカードもあった。この間頑張ってきたメディアへのエールに違いない。ある参加者は続々と増える人に驚き、「完全にみんな頭にきているね。安倍の命脈はほとんどない」と断言した。香山リカさんはスピーチで「安倍になってから世の中が右翼的になりヘイトスピーチが街に溢れかえった。戦争法など悪法を無理やり通した。そして今回のモリカケ。5年続いた安倍政権にこれ以上我慢できない。私たちの手で安倍政権にやめてもらおう」と訴えた。ひときわ目立ったコールは「佐川じゃなくて安倍・麻生がやめろ！」だった。いよいよ主犯の安倍と麻生をひきづり下ろす闘いが始まった。（M）

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“We’ll never give up, never be beaten! Go on fighting!” ～NAKANO Koichi encourages viewers on Labornet TV

“I feel a little happier now.” “I am somewhat relieved.”  The audience uttered  words of relief on October 11 just after the broadcast by the Labornet TV. [how do you know??]  The theme of the day’s program was “How to see the coming election. What is our choice?” The guest speaker was NAKANO Koichi, one of the facilitators of Shimin Rengo (Civil Alliance for Peace and Constitutionalism). “The Democratic Party collapsed overnight, and I felt hopeless,” he confessed. “But I was relieved that The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan was established. The party has no money, no organization and no office, because the representative of the Democratic Party, MAEHARA took over the Democratic Party. What was most severe for us was the lack of  time. But we have held on, and support from the citizens has enabled us to persevere.”  Still, the situation is severe.  Even if all the candidates of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan win their seats, the opposition forces against the constitutional amendment will decline, failing to reach one-third of the congressional seats. NAKANO continued, “The Abe administration has not been able to amend the constitution yet, even with over two-thirds of the seats, because it is not confident of victory in the national referendum.  We can still hold on. We will resist stubbornly. We will never be beaten even if we don’t win. Let us never give up fighting.” (Labornet TV Project)

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「負けない あきらめない闘いをつくっていこう」〜レイバーネットTVで中野晃一さん

「気持ちが明るくなった」「スッキリした」、10月11日のレイバーネットTVが終わったあとにギャラリーから寄せられた感想だった。この日のテーマは「総選挙をどうみるか、私たちの選択は？」で、ゲストは「市民連合」世話人の中野晃一さん（写真）。中野さんは「民進党が一夜にして壊され目の前が真っ暗になった」と述懐。でも「立憲民主党ができたのでホッとした。前原氏が党を乗っ取ってしまったので、立憲民主党はお金も組織も事務所もない。一番厳しいのは時間がなかったことだ。でもよくここまで頑張った。それは市民の支えがあったから」と語った。しかし状況は厳しい。仮に立憲民主党が全員当選しても「改憲反対勢力」は今より小さくなり三分の一まで届かない。中野さんは続けた。「安倍政権はいまも三分の二の勢力をもちながら改憲できないのは、国民投票で勝つ自信がないから。まだまだ頑張れる。私たちはしぶとく抵抗し、勝たなくても“負けない あきらめない闘い”をつくっていこう」と呼びかけた。（レイバーネットTVプロジェト)

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