Japan's Moves to Revise Constitution Under FireA signed commentary of Rodong Sinmun Dec.28 dismisses Japan's Moves to Revise Constitution as a very dangerous and serious one as it laid bare the aggressive nature and ambition of Japanese militarism.It says: Shortly ago, the greatest faction within the Japanese ruling liberal democratic party worked out a draft report calling for the revision of the present constitution to enable Japan to exercise the "right to collective self-defence." The report calls for stipulating in the constitution such articles as allowing Japan to exercise the "right to collective self-defence" and keep troops for "self-defence" and designating "emperor" as "head of state" and permitting Japan to dispatch armed forces overseas to take part in joint military operations with U.S. forces. Political figures of Japan have long advocated the revision of the constitution but there has never been such a strong call for the revision of the constitution as what was made by the greatest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. All these facts go to prove that the projected retrogressive revision of the constitution has become a fait accompli and they can draw up a war constitution anytime, the commentary notes, the international community is watching closely Japan's moves to revise its constitution. |
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