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22547
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Aso positive about creating permanent SDF dispatch law
TOKYO, Oct. 3 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso expressed a positive view Friday about creating a permanent law to authorize overseas dispatches of Self-Defense Forces personnel whenever the government regards it as necessary.
''Developing a so-called general law is desirable for Japan to engage in
international peace-fostering activities swiftly and effectively,'' Aso said
during a House of Councillors plenary session, adopting the position of his
predecessor Yasuo Fukuda on the issue.
Aso added that such a permanent law would also be meaningful in showing at home
and abroad Japan's basic policy on peace-fostering cooperation.
But Aso stopped short of providing a time frame for when his administration
could try to enact the permanent law.
He said he will take into consideration the nationwide debate including
discussions by the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New
Komeito party when his administration acts to advance the establishment of the
SDF dispatch law.
Aso was responding to questions from Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the opposition
Social Democratic Party.
Japan only has temporary laws for the dispatch of the SDF for overseas missions
other than U.N.-authorized peacekeeping missions.
The prime minister also expressed a positive view regarding a possible change
to the government's interpretation of Japan's pacifist Constitution to allow
its forces to exercise the right to collective self-defense.
After noting that the government's willingness to study adopting such an
interpretation has not changed, Aso said, ''Sufficient discussions on the
interpretation will be held in the future, as there are various debates on this
important issue.''
Aso, known for his hawkish stance, expressed a similar view last week when he
attended the U.N. General Assembly session in New York, saying, ''I have
reiterated that basically the interpretation should be changed...I think the
matter of the right to collective self-defense is important.''
==Kyodo
''Developing a so-called general law is desirable for Japan to engage in
international peace-fostering activities swiftly and effectively,'' Aso said
during a House of Councillors plenary session, adopting the position of his
predecessor Yasuo Fukuda on the issue.
Aso added that such a permanent law would also be meaningful in showing at home
and abroad Japan's basic policy on peace-fostering cooperation.
But Aso stopped short of providing a time frame for when his administration
could try to enact the permanent law.
He said he will take into consideration the nationwide debate including
discussions by the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New
Komeito party when his administration acts to advance the establishment of the
SDF dispatch law.
Aso was responding to questions from Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the opposition
Social Democratic Party.
Japan only has temporary laws for the dispatch of the SDF for overseas missions
other than U.N.-authorized peacekeeping missions.
The prime minister also expressed a positive view regarding a possible change
to the government's interpretation of Japan's pacifist Constitution to allow
its forces to exercise the right to collective self-defense.
After noting that the government's willingness to study adopting such an
interpretation has not changed, Aso said, ''Sufficient discussions on the
interpretation will be held in the future, as there are various debates on this
important issue.''
Aso, known for his hawkish stance, expressed a similar view last week when he
attended the U.N. General Assembly session in New York, saying, ''I have
reiterated that basically the interpretation should be changed...I think the
matter of the right to collective self-defense is important.''
==Kyodo
