官邸前で７００人抗議　学術会議任命拒否で集会

　菅義偉首相が日本学術会議の会員候補６人を任命しなかった問題で、大学教授や市民ら約７００人（主催者発表）が６日午後、首相官邸前で抗議の集会を開いた。
　任命拒否された小沢隆一東京慈恵会医科大教授も演説し、「公務員の選定、罷免権は国民のもので、行政府のものではない。今回のような暴挙に踏み切ったのは許されない」と訴えた。（2020/10/06-20:50）

Hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon, criticizing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for refusing to appoint six nominees to the Science Council of Japan.
   The rally was attended by about 700 people, including one of the rejected nominees, Jikei University School of Medicine professor Ryuichi Ozawa, its organizers said.
   The protesters filled about 200 meters of the sidewalk before the prime minister's office, while carrying placards reading "Don't intervene in the personnel matter."
   "It's not the government but the people who own the right to select and dismiss public servants," Ozawa said in a speech. He condemned Suga's refusal to appoint the nominees put forward by the council itself, which represents Japan's academic community, as "outrageous" and "unacceptable."
   "I can't tolerate the government's intention to control everything," said medical processor Shotaro Tanaka, 30, from the city of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. "I hope to continue to express my opinions because politics is directly linked to daily life."