名護市議会、オスプレイ訓練再開に抗議 2017/01/25

琉球新報　2017年1月25日 13:16

 

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昨年１２月の名護市安部へのオスプレイ墜落を巡り、名護市議会（屋比久稔議長）は２５日、十分な事故原因究明に至らないままオスプレイの飛行訓練や空中給油訓練を再開したとして抗議し、同型機の飛行訓練や空中給油訓練を中止することなど４点を求める意見書と抗議決議を賛成多数で可決した。米海兵隊は墜落現場周辺の全ての残骸を完全に回収することや、オスプレイの配備撤回、同型機を配備する辺野古新基地建設を直ちに中止・撤回することも盛り込んだ。

　賛成は与党会派１３人と公明会派２人の計１５人、反対は野党会派１１人だった。意見書は首相、外相、防衛相らあて。抗議決議は駐日米国大使、在日米軍司令官らあて。意見書や抗議決議は「米軍の発表をうのみにして訓練再開を認めた。まさに軍事優先・米国優先であり、県民、市民の生命財産を踏みにじるこのような政府の姿勢は断じて容認できるものではない」などと指摘している。【琉球新報電子版】

 

Nago City Council formally objects to resumption of Osprey flight training in Okinawa

January 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition

On January 25, the Nago City Council voted on a written statement and protest resolution objecting to the resumption of Osprey flight training while there has yet to be sufficient investigation into the cause of the Osprey accident that occurred in Abu, Nago, in December last year. The statement and resolution, which contain four demands including suspension of Osprey flight training and aerial refueling training exercises, was adopted by majority vote. Also included in the demands were that the U.S. Marine Corps retrieve all of the wreckage from the vicinity of the Osprey crash site, remove Osprey from Okinawa, and cease Henoko base construction where Osprey would be deployed.
There were 15 votes in favor of the statement and resolution in total: 13 from the council’s ruling party faction and 2 from the Komeito faction. In total 11 votes were cast against, all from the council’s opposition party members. The written statement is addressed among others to the prime minister, the minister for foreign affairs, and the minister of defense; the protest resolution is addressed to the U.S. ambassador to Japan and the commander of the U.S. Forces Japan, among others. These documents point out that the US military has gone against its word by resuming Osprey flight training. It furthermore says that Okinawans absolutely cannot accept that Japanese government’s stance of prioritizing military affairs and the preferences of the United States while Okinawan citizens’ lives and property are trampled underfoot.
(English translation by T&CT and Erin Jones)
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名護市議会、オスプレイ訓練再開に抗議

琉新報　2017年1月25日 13:16