The cost soared to 1.66 billion yen, the Prime Minister Kishida, regardless of the people's opposition, insisted on holding "national funeral" for Abe

On September 6, Matsuni Kaki Matsno, the official house of Japanese cabinet, announced that the Japanese government plans to be the "national funeral" budget cost held by the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be as high as 1.66 billion yen (about 81 million yuan). As soon as the news came out, once again, the Japanese government opposed the Kishida government to hold a new wave of "national funeral".

The soaring "national funeral" budget cost

On August 27, the Japanese government decided by deciding by the cabinet meeting that the budget cost of "national funeral" for the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who had previously been stabbed, was 250 million yen (about 12 million yuan). In this regard, all sectors of Japanese society have expressed opposition, asking the Kishida government to cancel Abe's "national funeral".

For the pressure of public opinion, on the morning of the 6th, Matsuno Kazaki Matsuna, the official house of Japanese cabinet, said at a press conference that the Japanese government planned to increase the organization cost of 1.4 billion yen for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "national funeral". Including the previously approved cost of the cabinet, the total cost of Abe's "national funeral" was about 1.66 billion yen. The details of the increase in this time are: about 800 million yen in police expenses (including travel expenses and overtime pays for police from various places), about 600 million yen for foreign dignitaries, and the cost of renting the guard of guards for the self -defense team 10,000 yen.

Opposite the waves continue

Since the news of the Japanese government's plan to hold "national funeral" for Abe, it has caused strong opposition to Japanese society.

The first is to believe that this is "illegal" because there is no "national funeral" regulations in Japanese law. After Japan has held the "national funeral" for former Prime Minister Yoshida Mao in 1967, there is no similar operation. For the funeral of former Prime Minister such as Zeng Kanghong, the Japanese government only adopted the method of joint funerals jointly held by the Cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party.

The second is to oppose Kishida to the "national funeral" for Abe, and to attract the largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party in the current dragon to achieve the purpose of consolidating his governing status.

The third is to oppose the use of national taxes to do this "illegal and personal gain" activity.

Earlier, the results of public opinion surveys made by major Japanese media showed that in addition to the "Yomiuri News", which was closer to the Liberal Democratic Party, more than half of the investigation results made by other media. With the increase of the voices of the society, the latest investigation results of "Yomiuri Shimbun" on September 2-4 for Abe showed that 56%of opinions believed that "no evaluation" was compared to the above. The investigation increased by 10 percentage points, and the affirmative opinions dropped from 49%to 38%.

Regarding the "national funeral" for Abe, Japan's domestic opposition has never subsided. Multiple private groups also went to Congress to protest. Earlier, civilian groups initiated a lawsuit and asked to cancel the "national funeral" for Abe. A few days ago, the Japanese Court of Saitama Prefecture, Japan, rejected relevant lawsuits. However, the plaintiff expressed his decision to appeal to the Supreme Court of Japan.

On September 5th, the four civil society groups who opposed Abe's "national funeral" stated that a total of about 400,000 signatures were collected and requested to stop the "national funeral". The sound is huge. " One of the sponsor of the signature activity, Honorary professor of the University of Tokyo, Ueno Kiyosako, said: "Moriyou plus scandal reflects Abe as a character who has political privatization. Do you have to privatize politics after death?" It is pointed out: "If the national funeral is carried out, it is obvious that the" unified church 'will be deified by Abe and use it to solicit members. "

In addition, the winning bidding of Abe's "national funeral" was a performing arts company called "Muchi Mountain" winning the bid with 176 million yen, which attracted the attention of public opinion. Although the Japanese government has repeatedly emphasized that there are no problems with the bidding process, only the "Murakami" company "Murakami" one company, the entire bidding process is suspected of "dark box operation"; It was the preparation company that had previously put Abe's "Cherry blossom viewing party". The company has hosted the "Cherry Club" hosted by the Japanese government in 2015-2019 for 5 consecutive years in Abe's 2015-2019. There are many reasons for the reason that the Japanese people are puzzled.

The embarrassment of "funeral diplomacy"

After Abe's assassination and death, the Japanese government decided to hold "national funeral" for Abe, and quickly notified more than 190 countries, regions and international institutions. Earlier, the Japanese government was reluctant to announce the overall budget of the "funeral" because the Japanese government is expected to have about 1,000 diplomatic groups to attend, but they have not received all the responses from all parties.

On September 2nd, in the face of the inquiry of parliamentarians, officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan stated that although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was responsible for receiving foreign dignitaries and their related budgets. However, there are still many countries that have not given answers whether they are attending, and they are stepping up to communicate with relevant countries. Earlier, the Japanese government's request to all parties was that he hoped to give a reply in mid -August.

Recently, news that some foreign politics cannot participate in the "funeral" have continued. According to reports, following the US President Biden and French President Macron, the former German Prime Minister Merkel, who is considering visiting Japan, will not attend Abe's "funeral".

On September 6, the chief of the Japanese cabinet official room, Matsuno Kazaku, is expected to have more than 190 overseas delegations attending the Abe's "national funeral" event, of which 50 national summit delegations.Some analysts said that some weak countries are very likely to attend the "funeral" to seek Japanese assistance. If this is associated with Abe's "national funeral", the fiscal expenditure behind the "national funeral" will far exceed 1.6 billion yen.The absence of important heads of European and American countries will make Kishida's "national funeral" holding the "national funeral" for Abe's significance of seeking diplomatic achievements.

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Author: Liu Hongliang

Edit: Liu Chang

Editor in charge: Song Yan

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