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It has been a month since the problem of the refusal to appoint six new candidate members of the Academic Conference of Japan (President Takaaki Kajita) was discovered. Although the debate in the Diet has begun, Prime Minister Yoshii Kan insists on the legitimacy of the answer without clearly stating the reason for the refusal to name. The appearance of repetition of painful responses that can be taken as a modification, such as highlighting “diversity”, shows the strong will of the administration to eliminate objections with the rights of the staff as a shield. (Mochizuki Iko)
Prime Minister Kan answers the representative question of the main hospital meeting Finance Minister Aso left
◆ “Reflecting the greatest diversity ever seen”
“Diversity is important.” “45% of the members belong to the seven national universities called” Ex Imperial University “and only 24% are private universities”. Prime Minister Kan said in a parliamentary response on the 30th.
Former President Takashi Onishi of the Academic Conference (photographed in 2016)
In response, Takashi Onishi, former president of the academic conference, said: “This candidate reflects the greatest diversity of all time, including regional and gender disparities. What is ‘diversity’ for the prime minister? understand. “Half of the six people the prime minister refused to name belong to private universities.
According to Mr. Onishi, from around 2016, the official residence started asking for explanations even during the selection of members. The Cabinet Personnel Office was established in May 2014. Mr. Onishi said: “I felt that the personnel office was established, and even in the case of Kasumi executive staff, the official residence is seeking advance inquiries and reports. , and academic conferences have become the goal. ”
◆ 18-year-old government document “I don’t know anything”
By the fall of 2018, Under Secretary of State Kazuhiro Sugita was reluctant to replace members who will reach retirement age.
Former President Toshikazu Yamagoku, who succeeded Mr. Onishi, recalled the moment in an interview with NHK. “I have visited Undersecretary Sugita many times, but he said, ‘I don’t need to come.’ I said, ‘I’m going to the official residence.’ He was completely isolated from contact. “After all, the vacancy could not be filled.
Around the same time, the Secretary of the Academic Council of the Cabinet Office was preparing a document examining the right to appoint the Prime Minister. In a document dated November 13, 2018, the right to appoint the prime minister, who is said to be “appointed by the prime minister on the basis of the recommendation of the meeting” in article 7, paragraph 2 of the Act of the Conference, it is “recommended to the prime minister” on the basis of article 15, paragraph 1 of the Constitution. It cannot be said that there is an obligation to name according to. “
However, Yamagoku said in an interview about the document, “I don’t know anything. They haven’t told me there is a document.” A former executive at the time also stated that “the fact that such a document was drawn up and its content was not reported through the president.”
A former executive said: “If this document had been released at that time, it would have been a great debate between the conference and the Cabinet Office. The president and other executives were not aware of the document at all and did not discuss it. It is too much. “.
◆ “Interpretation of the problem”
At the end of the document, there is a statement that “the prime minister seeks the recommendation of candidates who exceed the number of members to be appointed, and he does not deny that he will appoint from among them,” Onishi said, “the prime minister according to law. It can be read as if the unattached right of recommendation is attached to the Prime Minister, and it’s a problematic interpretation. “
The academic conference secretariat responded to this newspaper’s interview: “At that time, I explained only the main points to President Yamagoku verbally. I don’t know how the president took it.” The Cabinet Office of Legislation said: “I am not aware of the interaction between the Cabinet Office and the conference.”
