五輪より国民の命　菅首相

　菅義偉首相は１日の参院厚生労働委員会で、東京五輪・パラリンピックに関し、「国民の命と健康を守るのは私の責務だ。五輪を優先させることはない」と強調した。その上で、「選手や大会関係者の感染対策をしっかり講じた上で、国民の命と健康を守ることが開催の前提だ」と重ねて説明した。立憲民主党の打越さく良氏への答弁。
　首相は、１月の施政方針演説で五輪開催を「人類が新型コロナウイルスに打ち勝った証し」と位置付けたことに触れ、「このこと（考え）は今も変わっていない」と述べた。同党の田島麻衣子氏の質問に答えた。（2021/06/01-15:16）

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday that the lives of Japanese people precede the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
   "It's my duty to protect people's lives and health. I will not give priority to the Olympic Games," Suga said at a meeting of the Health, Welfare and Labor Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.
   The Tokyo Games will be held on the premise that there are well-prepared measures to prevent athletes and officials concerned from being infected with the novel coronavirus and that Japanese people's lives and heath are protected, Suga said.
   He also said he maintains his view that the Tokyo Games will be a testament to humanity's victory over the novel coronavirus, as stated in his policy speech in parliament in January.
   "My view hasn't changed," he said.