沖縄知事、辺野古承認を拒否　代執行訴訟で「県民の公益」主張へ

　米軍普天間飛行場（沖縄県宜野湾市）の名護市辺野古移設を巡り、玉城デニー知事は１１日、軟弱地盤改良に伴う設計変更の代執行に向けた国土交通相の提訴に対し、「請求の趣旨には承服できない」と述べ、工事の承認を拒んだ。県庁で記者団に「平和で静かに安心して暮らしたい県民の思いが選挙で寄せられたことを深くかみしめることも必要だと考えた」と理由を説明。地方自治体と国は対等だとして自ら法廷で訴える考えを示した。
　玉城氏は「行政の長として、法を守る立場から行政執行しなければならない」と述べる一方で、「他方で政治家として、選挙で民意を託された」と説いた。（2023/10/11-21:16）

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has refused to approve a design change related to a planned U.S. base relocation within Japan's southernmost prefecture.
   In response to a lawsuit filed by Japanese land minister Tetsuo Saito last week to approve the design change on behalf of Tamaki, the Okinawa governor said Wednesday, "I cannot accept the purpose of the request."
   Explaining the reason for refusing to approve the design change, Tamaki told reporters at the prefectural government office in Naha, the capital of Okinawa, "I thought it was necessary to deeply accept the fact that the desire of people in Okinawa to live peacefully and quietly with a sense of security has been expressed in elections."
   The governor said he will assert his view in court that local governments and the central government are on equal footing.
   The land minister filed the proxy execution lawsuit after Tamaki refused to follow the central government's order for him to approve the design change related to the plan to build a replacement facility in the Henoko coastal district in Nago, Okinawa, to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in a heavily populated area in Ginowan in the same prefecture. The land ministry applied in 2020 for Okinawa's approval of the design change following the discovery of soft ground in an area off the coast of Henoko.