Experts suggest “reviewing guards during speeches” due to assault on Representative Tetsuro Fukuyama … In the past, there were also stabbed cases | Smart FLASH[光文社週刊誌]

Assaulted Representative Tetsuro Fukuyama (Photo: Yoshio Tsunoda / Afro)

“Why don’t you eat me?”

A drunken man approaches while yelling and raises his fist.CadetsofTetsuro FukuyamaTo the members of the House of CouncilorsassaultRyuji Sakano (26), whose occupation and residence are unknown, was accused of assault.ArrestWas done.

streetspeechSenator Renho reacts to the assault that happened inside. On his Twitter account, “Assault on candidates for national elections during political activities will block freedom of speech and freedom of expression by force, threatening democracy itself. I strongly and firmly protest. ”

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There have been examples of assaults during street speeches in the past. In September 2017, an unemployed man was arrested for beating the face of Nobuhisa Ito, a member of the House of Representatives of the Nippon Ishin no Kai, who had come to support the candidate in the Sakai City By-election. ing.

He denied some of the charges, saying, “I was disappointed when I heard the speech. I just pushed my chest and didn’t hit him.”

Koichi Kakutani, a political journalist, says.

“In 1960, for example, Inejiro Asanuma, General Secretary of the Socialist Party, was assassinated in an attempt to violently kill a politician in a speech.

I think it’s different in nature from the times when ideological conflicts were fierce, but anger erupting against privileged humans can occur regardless of the times.

However, as you can see from past examples, nothing has been gained by violence. We need to be aware that violence is not productive.

Furthermore, looking at recent cases including the assault of Mr. Fukuyama, while becoming an all-ruling party, really dirty words are flying to the members of the opposition party on the Internet. It may escalate and lead to assault from a chance.

There are some aspects that cannot be resisted by words alone. The ruling party officials have SP, but the opposition party has only some representatives and secretary-generals. For example, Banri Kaieda, Vice-Chairman of the House of Representatives, is not subject to SP protection. It will also be necessary to review the guarded objects. “

The politician in the street speech is vulnerable. It seems necessary to rethink how to deal with the danger of the heckler escalating and leading to assault.

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