Denny in the News: 5 September 2021
To the prime minister’s intention to step down, Governor Tamaki responds, “I’m shocked.” As for the construction of the new base, “I’ll pass my thoughts on to the next prime minister.” On 3 September, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga indicated his intention not to run as a candidate for president of the Liberal Democratic Party. In response to a press corps question at the Prefectural Office, Governor Denny Tamaki responded, “Quite frankly, I’m shocked.” In regard to the move of the American Military Futenma Airfield to Henoko in Nago, which Prime Minister Suga has pushed though against the will of the prefecture‘s citizens by continuing the construction of the new base, the Governor reiterated, “It’s truly a shame. But even so, I was able to pass on to the Government the thinking of the prefecture’s citizens.” As for the new base construction, the governor stressed, “The move to Henoko is an environmental disaster. It will take too much time. Meanwhile, citizens of the city and the ...