外国人の住民投票参加に反対　武蔵野市条例案で自民保守派

　東京都武蔵野市内に３カ月以上住む外国人の住民投票参加を認める同市の条例案に対して、自民党の保守派議員連盟「日本の尊厳と国益を護（まも）る会」（代表・青山繁晴参院議員）は９日、反対声明を発表した。「外国人参政権に準ずる権利を安易に認めることになる」として、市議会に慎重な判断を求めている。
　青山氏は記者会見し、住民投票のテーマが事実上無制限だとして、「国政に大きな影響を及ぼすことが想定される」と指摘した。
　一方、共産党の志位和夫委員長は会見で「（条例案に）賛成だ。進めるべきだとの立場だ」と語った。（2021/12/09-18:34）

Some conservative members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party issued a statement on Thursday opposing an ordinance proposed by the city of Musashino in Tokyo to allow foreign residents to vote in local referendums.
   "(The draft ordinance) would lead to easily granting foreigners rights equivalent to suffrage," the statement said, urging the city assembly to make a careful decision.
   The draft ordinance calls for local referendums to be held without approval by the assembly if the required number of signatures are obtained. Both Japanese residents, as well as foreigners who have lived in the city for at least three months, would have the right to vote in referendums.
   At a press conference, Shigeharu Aoyama, a House of Councillors lawmaker, who heads the group of LDP conservative members, said the proposed ordinance is expected to have a major impact on national politics as the themes of the referendums would be virtually unlimited.
   Meanwhile, Kazuo Shii, leader of the Japanese Communist Party, told a separate press conference that he is in favor of the proposed ordinance.