Half of the Japanese consulted in a survey published today In favor of reforming the pacifist article of the Japanese ConstitutionThis suggests that society continues to be divided over the review promoted by the ruling party.
Of the 3,000 Japanese people consulted by the Japanese agency Kyodo, 50% were in favor of a revision of Article 9 of the national Constitution. country rejects war as a sovereign right and the use of force to resolve international disputes.
48% opposed a possible change, one of the political priorities of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party (PLD). expand national powers in defense matters.
The numbers are very similar to those of a consultation held around the same time last year – on the occasion of Remembrance of the Constitution, celebrated this Tuesday. They showed 51% support and 48% rejection.
Calls from the PLD to review the national Constitution have intensified recently After China’s military rise, continually North Korea’s weapons problems and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
That same Sunday, Kishida said in an interview published by state network NHK: The Constitution “may have deficiencies and obsolete elements after 75 years of being in force”He said he hoped there would be “progress in discussions” for his review.
The PLD considers it necessary to abandon war in Article 9 and also to “clarify” the mandate of the Self-Defense Forces, called Japanese troops. The National Magna Carta expressly forbids the country to have its own Army.
Japanese legal framework passed during the US occupation Japan It took effect in 1947, after the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, and has not been revised since.
to reform the constitution. Two-thirds support required in both houses of the Japanese Parliament – a rate that the ruling party alone could not achieve – followed by approval by a national referendum.
Source: Informacion
