No. 844   /  Nov. 4, 2001
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◇ The Postwar Constitution "System" Is Turning to Hollow
       "Counter-Terrorism" Law at Last Has Been Approved
          Openly Dispatch the Armed Forces to "Battle Front"

◇ Editorial: The Highest Unemployment Rate in This Half Century
        Decrease of "Manufacturing" Workers, and Rapid Increase of "Non-Regular" Workers

◇ Series: The Terrolism of Muslim
        The History and the Background of It's Birth (#1)

◇ The Co-operation of Union Bureaucrat to Rationalization
          Repute the 115 Times Special Central Committee of the Postal Workers's Union
        Hand Out Illusion to Such as "The New Delivery System"

◇ Regional Reports: The Intensifying "Competitive Race"
           The Attendence Unit Repeal Theory of the Prefecture Tanaka        (Nagano)

◇ A Critique to The "Employment Struggle" Theory of the Trade Union Confederation
          Demanding "Social Responsibility" to The Capital

◇ The Non-Commencement Interval is to be Forcus
           The Ministry of Land and Traffic / Zokugiin Contrive to Keep the Concessions

◇ Objecting to Forced Conversion of Work-Position and Retaliation War
   The Postal Workers' Assembly and Demonstration  

◇ The Paid Day-Off and the Job Site of Welfare
          Whether to Take or Not?

◇ The Books: Close on the Real Picture of Yukichi Hukuzawa
          "The Ashia Recognition of Yukichi Hukuzawa" (Junosuke Yasukawa)

◇ A French Movie "Date From Today"  
          Realistic Expression of  Workers's Education and Unemployment Problem


From the article of 'Petrel'
No.844 / Nov. 4, 2001


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The Postwar Constitution "System" Is Turning to Hollow
"Counter-Terrorism" Law at Last Has Been Approved 
Openly Dispatch the Armed Forces to "Battle Front"

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  The counter-terrorism special measure bill was approved on 29th, and the Self-Defense Force (the armed forces) has become to be dispatched to the Indian Ocean. 
It is the first time after the war that the Japanese armed forces go out to the area where war is actually done, and with premising a battle.  It is absolutely "the war as the motion of national power, and the use of military power or the threat by military power" that the constitution forbids clearly.  The Constitution of Japan that had declared not to have any war potential and had abandoned "the right of belligerency" was buried finally by the Koizumi cabinet.  Besides, Koizumi understands well that what he does is unconstitutional, and therefore Koizumi confesses as "I am stranded how to answer if asked the clear consistency of the law",  "Let's argue with the true feelings.  Because we will enter into a blind alley if we define on a word", and he is going to finish all by "common sense."  However, is his way to get through anything by "common sense" than being particular about the legitimacy of law, that is, whether violating the constitution or not, different so far from fascism and the way of the military authorities ignored "the order of law" before the war on earth.  We accuse Koizumi as an atrocious crime person of constitutional violation!
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First time after the war, under "the peace constitution", the Koizumi cabinet are going to force to violate the constitution openly at last.

It is the overseas dispatch of the armed forces, besides, during war and to the place where war is done.

The constitution has clearly denied even Japan has the armed forces of "self-defense" and has called for solving the international dispute without armaments and war act.

However, the government Liberal Democratic Party has interpreted the constitution freely till now, and has finished the Self-Defense Force to a powerful armed forces with saying that the constitution does not deny "the self-defense of the country" and so they are able to have the armed forces for "self-defense".

It will be clear what a strong armed forces it is when we take up, for example, the aegis destroyer becoming a problem now.  Only Japan and U.S.A. hold this super modern naval escort, and so U.S.A. is demanding besiegingly that Japan should put forward the aegis destroyer by any means if saying "the support to U.S.A.".

The battle ability of this battleship is big, which can distinguish several hundred kilometer forehand target, an aircraft or a missile, by a high efficiency radar, and can intercept the aims of even 20 at a time (besides, it can do it entirely by automatic control with computer including to fight back), so they think that the US navy to develop in Diego Garcia island and the neighborhood where the US bases concentrate on is peace and security if this leaves to the Indian Ocean.

The armed forces with the weapons of such high efficiency do go out to "the battlefield".

Besides, they say that they will engage in fuel and weapon transportation in the Indian Ocean or supply to US forces, will support military movements of US forces namely war from the rear.

If so, it will be too clear that this will be war participation in fact, and will be "a unification" with the US military movements.  If Koizumi says "common sense" consecutively, he should use the word in this time.

The reason that it is not a war participation and not "the unification" with the US military movements while sending the armed forces to "the battlefield" in such a form will be the most of "the lack in commonsense."

However, Koizumi insists obstinately "we do not do a direct battle act, and do not go to a battle area", and defiantly declare that therefore it is "within the limit of constitution".

He do not and can not explain that "within the limit of constitution" which he says points on earth at what kind of thing.

Is it the "interpretation" of the conventional government of the Liberal Democratic Party?

However, the government Liberal Democratic Party has insisted till now that it was constitutional violation to take the armed forces to a battlefield, and therefore they have avoided to do so in the Gulf War, and so on.

They cannot say "within the limit of constitution" with taking out the view point of the conventional government of the Liberal Democratic Party.  Because Koizumi says that he will dispatch the armed forces to real "battlefield" wherever in the world far away overleaping that.

This is in fact a thing to ignore and betray the letter of constitution of course, and in addition, the rule of U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, the rule of peripheral law entirely, and Koizumi has leaped over these limits with superlative ease in only three weeks.

The U.S.-Japan Security Treaty closely limits the problem to "Japanese defense".
Therefore, what became a problem there is that the Japanese Self-Defense Force did not go out from "the Far East", and this "principle" was kept even in the peripheral law, but Koizumi crushed and broke it with superlative ease.

Koizumi says repeatedly that what he is doing does not agree with the constitution, there is the sense of incongruity, there is not the legal consistency, he will do by "average common sense", and it teaches us that he is aware of his decision clearly to be unconstitutional.  Even though, he emphasizes besiegingly that he advances based on "common sense" because the terrorism problem is more important than the constitution (in other words, they stop " the theology dispute").

In other words, he says that it is impossible and cannot but get into a blind alley" to act "strictly" (or even irresponsibly) according to the constitution, that so they are not always able to declare to observe the constitution, they have to act first besides constitution.

The powers of the Japanese monopolistic capital cries for "international contribution" and willingly strengthens a maneuver, lies in wait to set sail for the international politics of bourgeoisie, the imperialistic politics controlled by U.S.A.

They have threw all away, the all established law, their conventional "interpretation of the constitution" and "the idea after the war", and have accomplished the greatest political switch after the war.

Besides, Japan is to stand clearly in the US side by this law, and it was it in a thing becoming "a target" of terrorism with America.
Naturally the enemy of U.S.A will consider Japan to be own enemy.

Is the Koizumi cabinet ready to take the responsibility?

For dozens of years, the Japanese bourgeois governing classes have made with quick way in sequence many laws of which relation to the constitution is uncertain whenever there was something, and have done politics of superficial deception after the war.

The anti-terrorism special law includes a serious "relaxation" text about the use of weapon in addition to merely sending the armed forces to "the battle front".

According to the text, the weapon use by the members of the Self-Defense Force limited closely till now became possible, for example, in order to protect the people who entered under the management with duties.  In other words, it is that they may counterattack if they are attacked when they protect refugees or nurse the people who were hurt by war.  Accordingly, it will be clear that this would practically open a road to a battle act of the Self-Defense Force.

In brief, the constitution will increasingly become as what is nothing.

Where will Japan float to with abandoning the constitution virtually, and actually without even a constitution?  To see the relation with U.S.A., the policy and the stand point are makeshift, and there is no constitution and national principle if they say to send a armed forces to "a battlefield", they only do irresponsibly without any principle (or with denying the conventional "principle" of "peaceful nation").

To send the armed forces to "overseas", it is not on account of actual necessity and they do not intend to go it actually as a armed forces on, but only intend to get the US favor by showing that they "raise a flag", so it is formal at all, too vulgar, and deplorable.  They are decadent at all.

If they say to do "the international contribution" and overseas dispatch of troops with ignoring the constitution, and if they say that it is "an international common problem to fight against terrorism," why do they only repeat "not to go to a dangerous place", why do they not fairly do a war act with U.S.A.?  To begin with, they are good to obey the constitution closely if they make it a large principle "not to go to a dangerous place".
There is not such a thing at all that "they do not go to a dangerous place" while ignoring the constitution.

Actually, there is no such thing that "one do not violate constitution because he do not do a battle act" while he go out to a battlefield and rescue a battle act in reality, and backing it up.  It is Koizumi himself who indulges in "a theological discussion".

When asked where is the dispatch area, whether it is limited according to this law, Koizumi answered "it is no limitation in a sense" in a Diet statement.

In brief, it is all unfair deception and unpleasant sophism what Koizumi is doing and saying.

Actually, what the Japanese governing classes and those in power are irresponsible, superficial, and the lowest parties!  They are already the self-contradictory, screw-up fellow, and merely indulge in the play of "protect yourself at all points" still.  We need them nothing but "to leave" early.

Sweep them away by a determined class fight of workers, and prepare a general rising to action!

 (Translated by Yoshi)