Abe's "national funeral" controversy continues to ferment in Japan

Focusing on the "national funeral" of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's opposition sound is getting stronger and stronger. According to Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" on the 1st, on the evening of August 31, citizen groups who opposed "national funeral" held protest rally in front of Congress, gathered about 4,000 people on the spot, shouting "oppose national funerals", "Don't make national funerals become democraticism to become democraticism. Funeral "" Taxes against the use of taxes in national funerals "and other slogans. Several members of the Ward Party Congress came to the stage to express their support to the rally.

On August 31, the citizen group held a protest parade in front of the Japanese Parliament Hall, opposing a "national funeral" for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Oriental IC)

The funeral fee is about 250 million yen

Earlier, Matsuno Koda Matsno Koda, the official house of Japanese cabinet, announced at a press conference that it will spend about 250 million yen (about 12.35 million yuan) from the 2022 fiscal year budget for Abe's funeral.

Under the influence of factors such as the epidemic of new crown pneumonia, the plunge of the yen exchange rate, and the overlapping influence of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, the use of high costs to hold a "national funeral" for Abe, which makes many people unacceptable. From August 20th to 21st, Japan's "Daily News" conducted a public opinion investigation on the issue of "whether to agree to the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe". The data shows that 53%of the respondents said that "opposition" was only 30%, only 30% The interviewees said "in favor". A 17 -year -old high school student who participated in the protests said, "Many students have suffered from the epidemic, but they took out 250 million yen to hold a national funeral. There is no legal basis, and the national agreed and opposition is also in a state of splitting. In this case, if it is reviewed by Congress and forcibly use the reserve fee to hold a state funeral, it is a behavior of destroying fiscal democracy. "

On September 1, 345 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court, asking the Japanese government to stop holding "national funerals" for Abe. Citizen groups that initiated the lawsuit were "not allowed to allow Abe's national funeral meeting." Participate in the lawsuit. As of now, the number of plaintiffs in the lawsuit has reached 576. The person in charge of the group, Fujita, said that the "national funeral" has no legal basis and wastes the people's hard -earned taxes. In addition, other civic groups filed similar lawsuits in local courts in Saitama, Yokohama, Osaka, and other places. Lawyers and local members of the citizens also appeared in various places to request the local government to prohibit the use of public funds from "national funeral".

"Hanging Diplomacy" was questioned

Japan's "Daily News" reported on August 31 that Abe's "national funeral" will be held at 2 pm on September 27 at the Japanese Wudo Museum in Tokyo. The attendees include members of the Japanese royal family, senior government officials, and overseas dignitaries. Most or 6,000 people. The Japanese Prime Minister Kishida will serve as the funeral chairman of Abe's "national funeral" and ask the Japanese government's provincial departments to mourn on the day of the "national funeral". In addition to hanging the flag, they must also silently sorrow in a certain period of time.

In an interview with the Global Times reporter, Yu Hailong said in an interview with the Global Times of the CPC Central Committee (National Academy of Administration) that Kishida insisted on holding a "national funeral" for Abe, mainly: First, to attract Japan's domestic support for Abe to support Abe in China. The conservative forces and the support of the largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party in order to consolidate the governing foundation of the Kishida government; the second is that the Liberal Democratic Party has won in the 2021 House elections and the Senate elections in 2022. The governing status, which provides a relatively stable political foundation and governing environment for the Kishida government; the third is to use Abe's international influence to carry out "hanging diplomacy" through "national funeral", enhance the relationship between Japan and related countries, improve Kishida fields Government's international influence. Yu Hailong believes that from the perspective of the Japanese people's opposition to Abe's "national funeral", although the Japanese people have a great sympathy for Abe's death, they still have a strong reservation for their achievements.

The support rate fell, Kishida apologized

An important reason for the controversy caused by Abe's "national funeral" is that his relationship with the "unified education" is too close, and now, the Liberal Democratic Party members, including the Cabinet Minister, may have a close relationship with the "unified education", which makes the Japanese people worry about worrying Essence In the recent public opinion surveys released by various media, the support rates of Kishida Cabinet have fallen sharply. According to the data released by Japan's "Daily News", the support rate of Kishida Cabinet fell to 36%of the historical low, and the "Daily News" quoted a veteran in the anonymous Liberal Democratic Party saying: " It's. "Another senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party who kept a distance from the regime said:" The focus is being transferred to the Kishida regime. "

At a press conference on August 31, Kishida Wenxiong acknowledged the support rate of the cabinet in the investigation of public opinion in various media: "In the context of the" unified education "and national funeral issues The shaking. "He said that he would break the relationship with the" unified religion "and bow to the relationship between the Liberal Democratic Party members and the church. When asked whether to consider changing the decision to change the "national funeral", he said that "hoping to be held by the national understanding" and insisting on implementing "national funeral" in accordance with the original plan. ▲

Our newspaper special reporter, Yue Linwei, Special reporter Li Xiao, a special reporter of the newspaper

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