菅総理、民主党の長老渡部恒三最高顧問から退陣要求 NO.2 [英語]
菅総理、民主党の長老渡部恒三最高顧問から退陣要求 NO.2
Elder of Japan’s Governing Party Says Premier’s Resignation Might Ease Impasse
「民主党の長老、首相退陣について言及」
「英文記事」
NO.2
Sounding a theme he has raised before, Shizuka Kamei, the leader of a small coalition party, the People’s New Party, called for a shuffle of the cabinet that would bring in opposition lawmakers as a way to break the political impasse, Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, reported.
“Prime Minister Kan must forget the past, forge ahead and stand at the forefront of such a choice,” Mr. Kamei said.
But the Democrats’ secretary general, Katsuya Okada, dismissed talk of Mr. Kan’s resignation in return for opposition help with passing bills, including one to allow the issuance of deficit-financing bonds to carry out steps in the budget for the year starting in April.
“The opposition has rejected the idea of such an exchange, so to focus on that debate is meaningless,” Mr. Okada said.
The government wants to have the lower house of Parliament, where the Democrats hold a big majority, approve the $1 trillion 2011-12 budget on Monday, but it plans to hold off on submitting related bills.
The budget itself can be enacted by Parliament’s lower house alone. But the related bills to implement the budget require approval of the opposition-controlled upper chamber.
「日本語訳」
以前提起した提案について触れた少数連立与党である国民新党の亀井静香氏はこの政治の行き詰まりを打開する策として野党議員も取り入れた内閣改造をやるべきだと提案した、とNHKは報じている。
「菅総理は過去のことは忘れ、自ら先頭に立ちそうした選択(内閣改造)をやらなければいけない。」と亀井氏は語った。
しかし岡田克也民主党幹事長は、４月から始まる来年度に実行できるように赤字国債発行の法案も含めて、予算法案成立の野党の協力と引き換えに菅総理が退陣するという話は否定した。
「野党がこうした交換条件を拒否しているのに、そういった内閣改造の話をするのは無意味である。」と岡田氏は語る。
政府は来週の月曜日に来年度の１兆億ドルの予算法案を民主党が多数を占めている衆議院で可決させたいとしているが、予算関連法案は先送りするつもりだ。
予算法案自体は衆議院だけでも成立可能だが、予算案関連法案成立にはは野党が多数を占める参議院の賛成が必要である。
[Words&Phrases]
coalition party「連立政党」
a shuffle of the cabinet「内閣改造」
break the political impasse「政治的行き詰まりを打開する」
forge ahead「先頭に立つ」
in return for~「~と引き換えに」
issuance「発行」
lower house of Parliament「衆議院」
hold off on~「~を延期する」
NO.1はこちら
Elder of Japan’s Governing Party Says Premier’s Resignation Might Ease Impasse
By REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) — A Japanese governing party elder suggested Saturday that Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s resignation was an option to win opposition support for bills to enact a workable budget, adding to pressure on the unpopular leader as he struggles with a divided Parliament.
Mr. Kan, whose public support ratings have fallen to about 20 percent, had already been facing pressure from inside and outside the governing Democratic Party either to quit or call a snap election to break a political deadlock that is keeping Japan from dealing with pressing problems including an enormous public debt.
“We need to put top priority on the passage of the budget and related bills” over the Democratic Party or Prime Minister Kan, Kozo Watanabe, a senior adviser to the party, told reporters. But he added that as long as Mr. Kan wanted to stay on, it was the duty of party members to “protect” him.
Rifts in the party, which deepened after its power broker, Ichiro Ozawa, was indicted last month on accusations that he had misreported political funds, have also weakened Mr. Kan’s grip on power and distracted the government from dealing with policy problems.
On a television show earlier in the day, Mr. Watanabe, a veteran lawmaker, ruled out the chance of a snap election for Parliament’s powerful lower house, the Kyodo News Agency reported.
Sounding a theme he has raised before, Shizuka Kamei, the leader of a small coalition party, the People’s New Party, called for a shuffle of the cabinet that would bring in opposition lawmakers as a way to break the political impasse, Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, reported.
“Prime Minister Kan must forget the past, forge ahead and stand at the forefront of such a choice,” Mr. Kamei said.
But the Democrats’ secretary general, Katsuya Okada, dismissed talk of Mr. Kan’s resignation in return for opposition help with passing bills, including one to allow the issuance of deficit-financing bonds to carry out steps in the budget for the year starting in April.
“The opposition has rejected the idea of such an exchange, so to focus on that debate is meaningless,” Mr. Okada said.
The government wants to have the lower house of Parliament, where the Democrats hold a big majority, approve the $1 trillion 2011-12 budget on Monday, but it plans to hold off on submitting related bills.
The budget itself can be enacted by Parliament’s lower house alone. But the related bills to implement the budget require approval of the opposition-controlled upper chamber.
Elder of Japan’s Governing Party Says Premier’s Resignation Might Ease Impasse
「民主党の長老、首相退陣について言及」
「英文記事」
NO.2
Sounding a theme he has raised before, Shizuka Kamei, the leader of a small coalition party, the People’s New Party, called for a shuffle of the cabinet that would bring in opposition lawmakers as a way to break the political impasse, Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, reported.
“Prime Minister Kan must forget the past, forge ahead and stand at the forefront of such a choice,” Mr. Kamei said.
But the Democrats’ secretary general, Katsuya Okada, dismissed talk of Mr. Kan’s resignation in return for opposition help with passing bills, including one to allow the issuance of deficit-financing bonds to carry out steps in the budget for the year starting in April.
“The opposition has rejected the idea of such an exchange, so to focus on that debate is meaningless,” Mr. Okada said.
The government wants to have the lower house of Parliament, where the Democrats hold a big majority, approve the $1 trillion 2011-12 budget on Monday, but it plans to hold off on submitting related bills.
The budget itself can be enacted by Parliament’s lower house alone. But the related bills to implement the budget require approval of the opposition-controlled upper chamber.
「日本語訳」
以前提起した提案について触れた少数連立与党である国民新党の亀井静香氏はこの政治の行き詰まりを打開する策として野党議員も取り入れた内閣改造をやるべきだと提案した、とNHKは報じている。
「菅総理は過去のことは忘れ、自ら先頭に立ちそうした選択(内閣改造)をやらなければいけない。」と亀井氏は語った。
しかし岡田克也民主党幹事長は、４月から始まる来年度に実行できるように赤字国債発行の法案も含めて、予算法案成立の野党の協力と引き換えに菅総理が退陣するという話は否定した。
「野党がこうした交換条件を拒否しているのに、そういった内閣改造の話をするのは無意味である。」と岡田氏は語る。
政府は来週の月曜日に来年度の１兆億ドルの予算法案を民主党が多数を占めている衆議院で可決させたいとしているが、予算関連法案は先送りするつもりだ。
予算法案自体は衆議院だけでも成立可能だが、予算案関連法案成立にはは野党が多数を占める参議院の賛成が必要である。
[Words&Phrases]
coalition party「連立政党」
a shuffle of the cabinet「内閣改造」
break the political impasse「政治的行き詰まりを打開する」
forge ahead「先頭に立つ」
in return for~「~と引き換えに」
issuance「発行」
lower house of Parliament「衆議院」
hold off on~「~を延期する」
NO.1はこちら
Elder of Japan’s Governing Party Says Premier’s Resignation Might Ease Impasse
By REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) — A Japanese governing party elder suggested Saturday that Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s resignation was an option to win opposition support for bills to enact a workable budget, adding to pressure on the unpopular leader as he struggles with a divided Parliament.
Mr. Kan, whose public support ratings have fallen to about 20 percent, had already been facing pressure from inside and outside the governing Democratic Party either to quit or call a snap election to break a political deadlock that is keeping Japan from dealing with pressing problems including an enormous public debt.
“We need to put top priority on the passage of the budget and related bills” over the Democratic Party or Prime Minister Kan, Kozo Watanabe, a senior adviser to the party, told reporters. But he added that as long as Mr. Kan wanted to stay on, it was the duty of party members to “protect” him.
Rifts in the party, which deepened after its power broker, Ichiro Ozawa, was indicted last month on accusations that he had misreported political funds, have also weakened Mr. Kan’s grip on power and distracted the government from dealing with policy problems.
On a television show earlier in the day, Mr. Watanabe, a veteran lawmaker, ruled out the chance of a snap election for Parliament’s powerful lower house, the Kyodo News Agency reported.
Sounding a theme he has raised before, Shizuka Kamei, the leader of a small coalition party, the People’s New Party, called for a shuffle of the cabinet that would bring in opposition lawmakers as a way to break the political impasse, Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, reported.
“Prime Minister Kan must forget the past, forge ahead and stand at the forefront of such a choice,” Mr. Kamei said.
But the Democrats’ secretary general, Katsuya Okada, dismissed talk of Mr. Kan’s resignation in return for opposition help with passing bills, including one to allow the issuance of deficit-financing bonds to carry out steps in the budget for the year starting in April.
“The opposition has rejected the idea of such an exchange, so to focus on that debate is meaningless,” Mr. Okada said.
The government wants to have the lower house of Parliament, where the Democrats hold a big majority, approve the $1 trillion 2011-12 budget on Monday, but it plans to hold off on submitting related bills.
The budget itself can be enacted by Parliament’s lower house alone. But the related bills to implement the budget require approval of the opposition-controlled upper chamber.
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