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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/09/06
Index:
1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule
US beef imbroglio:
4) USDA auditors' report cites 20 downer cattle as having been
placed in US food chain
5) Sloppiness again revealed in US beef-safety control;
Minister Nakagawa: "Low possibility of such occurring in Japan's
distribution system"
6) Minshuto's Kawauchi, Agriculture Minister Nakagawa clash on
US beef issue in Lower House Budget Committee
7) Prime Minister Koizumi in Diet remark urges US not to use
BSE-prone bone meal as animal feed
8) LDP to dispatch fact-finding mission on beef issue to US
9) Japan to likely inspect Japan-bound US beef in local plants
but whether Japanese consumers will regain trust in product is
unclear
Defense issues:
10) US asks Japan to foot 75% of $8 billion bill to relocate
Okinawa Marines to Guam
11) JDA chief asked DFAA branches to work on relevant local
assemblies to persuade them to accept planned US force
relocations
12) Questionnaires sent to US Congress, Japan's Diet members
probing views on SOFA revision
13) Japan-North Korea talks end after four days with no results
14) Chinese official tells visiting LDP lawmaker Beijing has
given up on Koizumi 8
15) ADB President Kuroda calls for a unified East Asia FTA
16) Government plans to unify three ODA functions, bring all
grant aid under JICA
17) Changing Imperial Household rules to allow female on the
throne unlikely this year as Koizumi goes along with turning tide
of opinion
Articles:
1) TOP HEADLINES
Asahi: Mainichi: Sankei:
Introduction of bill amending Imperial House Law to current Diet
session difficult; Prime minister "The bill should be presented
in a manner that satisfies all parties concerned"
Yomiuri:
Central Education Council draft report; Increase in class time
for Japanese, mathematics, and science at elementary and middle
schools to stem decline in academic performance
Nihon Keizai:
Nissan to make vehicles targeting BRICs' markets; Production to
possibly start in 2009; Over 100 billion yen to be invested
TOKYO 00000713 002 OF 011
Tokyo Shimbun:
Livedoor found to consistently have kept billions of yen in bank
accounts under other companies' names; Money laundering or
hoarding?
2) EDITORIALS
Asahi:
(1) Revision of Imperial House Law: Waiting for birth of
Princess Kiko's third child is one option
(2) Japan-North Korea talks: Watching the next step
Mainichi:
(1) Japan-North Korea talks: North Korea is responsible for
dispelling suspicion over abduction issue
(2) Decision to construct expressways as originally planned:
Fear becomes reality
Yomiuri:
(1) Princess Kiko pregnant: We are looking forward to the day of
birth
(2) Japan-North Korea talks: Pressure should be an option
Nihon Keizai:
(1) Takeover of Westinghouse by Toshiba reflects rising needs
for nuclear power plants
(2) Thorough discussion needed for revision of Imperial House
Law
Sankei:
(1) Torino Winter Olympics: Wishing for the success of Japanese
athletes
(2) Northern Territories Convention questions the prime
minister's will to protect Japan's sovereignty
Tokyo Shimbun:
(1) Japan-North Korea talks: Abduction issue put on hold
(2) Princess Kiko pregnant: Hoping she can deliver child in calm
environment
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei)
Prime Minister's schedule, Feb. 8
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
February 9, 2006
08:21
Met at Kantei with deputy chief cabinet secretaries Nagase and
Futahashi.
09:00
Attended a Lower House Budget Committee meeting.
12:02
Arrived at Kantei.
13:00
Returned to the Budget Committee meeting.
17:13
Met Policy Research Council Chairman Nakagawa at Kantei.
TOKYO 00000713 003 OF 011
18:40
Dined at a restaurant in the First Square in Otemachi with
members of the Seven Companies Association composed of executives
of press companies, including Yomiuri Shimbun Group Headquarters
Chairman Tsuneo Watanabe.
20:46
Returned to his official residence.
4) USDA audit report: 20 downer cattle in 2004-2005 were put in
the US food chain
MAINICHI (Page 1) (Full)
February 9, 2006
By Jun Kimura in Washington
It was revealed on Feb. 8 that in an inspection report on BSE
prevention measures issued by the US Department of Agriculture
(USDA), 20 downer cattle that showed signs of BSE infection were
slaughtered at US abattoirs and placed into the food chain
without checking out the cause. Since it is forbidden to process
for food any cow that is unable to walk, the sloppiness of the US
system has again been uncovered. With this, Japanese consumers
inevitably will further increase their anxiety about US beef. The
cases are likely to have an impact on the timing of resumption of
US beef imports, banned for a second time over a shipment of meat
containing Specified Risk Material.
According to the report, during the period June 2004 to April
2005, a total of 29 head of downer cattle in two of the 12
slaughterhouses inspected were put into the food chain. Of them,
20 were not determined to be unable to walk due to injury or the
like, and the cause of their condition was not recorded in the
documents.
The facilities had USDA inspectors, but the cattle had passed
visual inspections as normal when they arrived there, and
afterward when they were unable to walk, further inspection was
not fully carried out. The companies were warned by the USDA Food
Safety and Inspection Service, and they promised to correct the
problem.
The report in commenting on visual inspections pointed out that
although all cattle are supposed to be covered, in the 33
slaughterhouses, 5-10 % of the inspections were "desk-drawer"
type. However, since USDA ordered a stop to paper inspections in
July 2005, warnings were sent to correct the situation.
5) US sloppy management of anti-BSE inspection system revealed
again, with discovery of downer cattle entering food chain
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 7) (Excerpts)
February 9, 2006
A report released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
revealed that cattle that could not walk had been slaughtered for
human consumption at some slaughterhouses in the US. Such a
possibility had been discussed at the expert panel of the Food
Safety Commission. The information highlights again the USDA's
sloppy management of its inspection system to ensure the safety
TOKYO 00000713 004 OF 011
of food. The revelation is expected to raise concerns about the
safety of American beef among Japanese consumers and eventually
affect the development of ongoing talks on a resumption of US
beef imports by Japan.
This issue was taken up during a meeting of the House of
Representatives Budget Committee yesterday. In response to a
question by Democratic Party of Japan member Hiroshi Kawauchi
about a possibility inclusion of non-ambulatory cattle in
shipments to Japan, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister
Shoichi Nakagawa said: "The risk is extremely small (because
Japan has attached certain conditions for beef bound for Japan)."
In meetings of the prion-expert panel last year, some members had
pointed out the danger of abnormal cattle overlooked in the US.
In the US, examiners observe cows transported by truck to check
if they can walk properly to the slaughter area. If they find
some abnormality about a cow, the cow will be further examined.
Japan has adopted a similar method.
However, the number of head of cattle slaughtered a day at a
large-scale facility in the US is more than 10 times that in a
large-size facility in Japan. According to an estimate by the
expert panel, examiners observe a head of cattle for about 80
seconds in Japan, but the time is only about 12 seconds in the
case of the US. Given this, the panel points out the danger of
non-ambulatory cattle overlooked.
Even so, the expert panel says that since only beef from cattle
20 months of age or younger is imported to Japan, even if
examiners had overlooked abnormal cattle, the risk of BSE-
contaminated beef included in Japan-bound shipment is very low.
Nakagawa's reply was intended to emphasize that Japan has thus
adopted a thorough defensive system. Nonetheless, the expert
panel had discussed until just before it gave the nod to the
resumption of beef imports last year whether the age of cattle
can be accurately assessed in the US. Under such a situation, the
Food Safety Commission in its report of recommendations out last
December assessed the BSE risk of American beef on the premise
that the US government abide by the conditions for beef imports
it reached with the Japanese government.
6) Fierce battle on BSE issue between Agriculture Minister
Nakagawa, Minshuto's Kawauchi
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February 9, 2006
Democratic Party of Japan (Minshuto) lawmaker Hiroshi Kawauchi,
who has continued to grill the government onr the issue of US
beef imports, clashed head-on with Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries Minister Shoichi Nakagawa in a meeting of the House of
Representatives Budget Committee yesterday.
Kawauchi persistently asked how meat-processing facilities in the
US were authorized to handle Japan-bound beef before and after
the Japanese government decided to resume imports last December.
In response, Nakagawa sought to defend the government's position,
making such replies as: "We need to confirm matters in the
future."
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Kawauchi also revealed the fact that livestock farmers in the US
have given feed to pigs containing meat and bone meal, a
specified risk material that can transmit BSE to cows. He called
on the government to urge the US to correct that situation. But
Nakagawa only replied: "We have constantly made such a request."
Kawauchi had presented a memorandum on questions about the issue
of US beef imports, and the government had filed a written reply.
The government decided last November to resume US beef imports,
but the prior inspection of local meat-processing facilities in
the US, a precondition for resuming imports provided for in the
written reply, was not carried out.
Kawauchi fulminated the government's bungled handling of matters:
"Can you say there was no mistake?" He ended his questions with a
"declaration of battle," saying: "I am determined to continue to
pursue this issue."
7) Government to ask for tighter US regulations on animal feed
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
February 9, 2006
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi indicated to the Lower House
Budget Committee yesterday that the government would urge the US
to tighten regulations to prohibit feeding chickens and pigs meat-
and-bone meal containing specified risk materials from cows so as
not to spread BSE. Koizumi was responding to a question from
Hiroshi Kawauchi of Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan).
8) LDP to send BSE fact-finding team to US
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
February 9, 2006
The Liberal Democratic Party has decided to send a fact-finding
team to the United States today due to the recent shipment of US
beef that included specified risk materials. The team will
consist of five LDP members belonging to the Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries Department and other groups, including
Toshikatsu Matsuoka. The team will visit meat-processing plants
the opposition Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) mission had
visited earlier. The LDP intends to demonstrate the importance of
food safety to put the general public at ease.
9) US beef; Prior inspection system likely to be implemented as
condition for resuming imports; Whether distrust can be dispelled
is unclear
MAINICHI (Page 9) (Full)
February 9, 2006
Prior inspections of meatpackers by the Japanese side will likely
be set as a condition for removing the second ban on US beef
imports. Such inspections were not carried out when the import
ban was removed last December despite a cabinet decision to do
so. Heated debates took place over whether the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Ministry of
Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) violated that decision. However,
a growing number of lawmakers now support a call for carrying out
inspections before the lifting of the second ban. The aim of such
inspections is motivated by the desire not so much to expect some
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results from the inspection but rather to dispel the consumers'
distrust in US beef. However, whether prior inspections can
obtain the understanding of consumers is unclear.
Appearing on a TV talk show, MAFF Minister Shoichi Nakagawa on
Feb. 5 referred to the possibility of conducting prior
inspections. He noted, "We will consider what we should do before
lifting the ban, including sending inspectors from Japan for a
thorough inspection." As if to echo Nakagawa's statement, US
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns told reporters on the 6th,
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"We are ready to cooperate on matters requested by Japan."
Chances are that in view of the fact that the opposition camp and
consumer organizations had called for prior inspections from the
beginning, a method of authorizing facilities that underwent
prior inspections to export their products to Japan will likely
be adopted.
The Japanese side did not carry out prior inspections before the
resumption of beef trade last December. It instead was conducting
inspections of all facilities with a schedule to complete such in
March. Asked about reasons why the Japanese side did not carry
out prior inspections, Nakagawa cited: (1) It is not possible to
inspect actual meat-packing operations before the resumption of
imports; and (2) there is no difference between prior inspections
and ex post facto inspections in terms of efficacy, and so, prior
inspections are duplicative. In order to have US meatpackers
observe import conditions, it is most effective to have a
Japanese inspector stationed at each company on a permanent basis
or carry out spot checks. However, in view of Japan's relations
with the US, such methods are not realistic. At any rate, the
Japanese government wants to avoid a situation in which it has to
directly take responsibility for the safety of US beef.
The opposition camp pursued such a stance of the government in
the Diet with Democratic Party of Japan (Minshuto) head Seiji
Maehara firing up his offensive in a Diet debate, "The government
failed to fulfill the responsibility to have the US observe
import conditions." He thus challenged the government,
questioning whether it did all it could do. If the Japanese side
had carried out prior inspections, such a situation as that US
government inspectors were not aware of import conditions would
not have occurred.
Nakagawa also stated that even if the US issues a report on the
cause of the inclusion of specified risk materials in a Japan-
bound beef shipment and measures to prevent an occurrence, that
alone would not convince Japanese consumers. The government
characterizes inspections to be carried out prior to the removal
of the send import ban as an additional measure to convince the
consumers. However, in that event, it will be pressed to make a
difficult judgment over to what extent the Japanese side should
involve itself in inspection procedures.
10) US estimates 8 billion dollars for relocation of US Marines
to Guam
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
February 9, 2006
The United States has presented to Japan an estimate of 8 billion
dollars (950 billion yen) for the planned relocation of US
Marines, including its command, to Guam as part of the US force
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realignment, sources revealed yesterday. Senior foreign and
defense officials of the two countries will start talks today in
Tokyo to discuss how estimates were arrived at, Japan's financial
contributions to the relocation, and other factors.
The total estimate includes costs required for building the
command and billets in Guam. Because specific facilities are not
being described, Japan intends to ask for the breakdown of the
total cost before entering talks on Japan's share. Japan will
send officials in charge to Guam on Feb. 12 to take a firsthand
look at the planned relocation site.
11) Nukaga reveals that Defense Agency sent e-mails to defense
facilities administration bureaus to lobby local assemblies not
to adopt anti-base resolutions
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3) (Full)
February 9, 2006
Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga indicated before
the Lower House Budget Committee yesterday that the Defense
Agency had sent e-mails to the seven regional defense facilities
administration bureaus in the nation instructing their workers
responsible for US force realignment affairs to lobby the
assemblies of possible US base relocation sites not to carry out
anti-base activities, such as adopting anti-relocation
resolutions. Nukaga was replying to a question from Japanese
Communist Party member Seiken Akamine.
Nukaga said:
"In order to obtain local understanding and cooperation, it is
important to grasp the trends of local assemblies. That is why
the agency sent e-mails. We had no intention of applying pressure
on local assemblies."
12) Governors association to survey Japanese, US mapmakers on
SOFA
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3) (Full)
February 9, 2006
The association of the governors of 14 prefectures hosting US
bases, chaired by Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa, revealed a
plan yesterday to send out questionnaires to Japanese and US
lawmakers to find out their views on the Japan-US Status of
Forces Agreement (SOFA), which is being criticized in Japan as
unfair. The association plans to collect replies by the end of
February to announce the results in early March.
Questionnaires will be send to 80 lawmakers belonging to the
Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee and Security Committee and
the Upper House Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on the
Japanese side, and 86 lawmakers belonging to the Senate and House
Armed Services Committees on the US side.
The association has questions about the SOFA that allows Japan to
have pre-indictment custody with US consent of only those US
military personnel suspected of having committed serious crimes.
The group is also unhappy with the pact that gives Japan only
limited search and seizing power regarding aircraft accidents
outside US bases. The association has asked the government to
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specify some steps in the pact, such as the application of
environmental legislation to the US bases.
A source connected with the Kanagawa prefectural government,
which is serving as the group's secretariat, noted, "Revising the
pact requires the approval of the two parliaments, so we would
like to grasp the intentions of lawmakers concerned."
13) Japan-DPRK dialogue ends, failing to achieve progress; North
Korea's position of giving priority to US becomes clear
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
February 9, 2006
Hiroshi Minegishi, Toyofumi Amano, Beijing
The governments of Japan and North Korea yesterday wound up their
five-day dialogue but failed to achieve substantial progress.
North Korea did not budge from its hard-line stance in dealing
with the abduction issue and the settlement of past accounts
relating to Japan's colonial rule of Korea. On the nuclear and
missile development issues, the North urged Japan to call on the
United States to lift the financial sanctions now imposed on
Pyongyang as a step to bring the six-party talks back on track.
What became clear through the 22 hours of the first set of
parallel talks between Japan and North Korea was that the DPRK
gives priority to the US.
On Feb. 8, at a press conference in the North Korean Embassy in
Beijing, Ambassador Song Il Ho was asked about the conditions for
his country to come back to the six-party talks. Song gave a
prompt answer: "The lifting of financial sanctions." He admitted
that in the talks on Feb. 7, he urged Japan to act as a mediator
between his country and the US, noting: "The Americans are more
attentive to views from the Japanese than those from us, aren't
they?" Song thus revealed his insistence on having the sanctions
lifted.
Before the start of the negotiations, the Japanese team had
assumed to some extent that the North Koreans would take a hard-
line stance. However, in the talks on settling past accounts, the
North Korean negotiators rejected a package of economic
cooperation, the approach specified in the Japan-North Korea
Pyongyang Declaration. They instead demanded separate
compensation on such issues as the former military comfort women.
They also called for Japan to hand over seven members of
nongovernmental organizations supporting North Korean defectors,
linking them to the abduction issue. This demand was beyond what
the Japanese team had foreseen.
The aim of the parallel talks was to use progress in the
negotiations on normalization as momentum for achieving results
on the abduction and nuclear issues. But with the food situation
in North Korea having improved ever so slightly and with
Pyongyang expecting further assistance from China and South
Korea, the "economic card" that Japan was hoping to play has lost
its usefulness recently.
The major issue facing North Korea now is how to respond to the
financial sanctions the US Department of the Treasury has imposed
on a Macau bank with which North Korea has had transactions. This
issue is showing signs of evolving into a global net to encircle
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North Korea, given that banks in Japan, South Korea, and other
nations are moving to follow US banks, which have halted
transactions with the Macau institution. For North Korea, moving
on the abduction issue would be meaningless unless there is
progress on the financial sanctions. The reason the North Koreans
accepted the parallel talks with Japan this time is probably
because they wanted to fend off international pressure and use
the talks to achieve a breakthrough in the stalled negotiations
with the US.
Yesterday evening, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stated: "The
negotiations did not go smoothly. There remains a wide gap. We
need to continue to make a tenacious effort." His statement,
though, was not as crisp and clear as usual.
14) China's State Council member Tang Jiaxuan says, "We no longer
expect anything from Prime Minister Koizumi"
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
February 9, 2006
Masahiko Takekoshi, Beijing
Tang Jiaxuan, a councilor of China's State Council and former
foreign minister, yesterday met with visiting House of
Representatives member Takeshi Noda of the Liberal Democratic
Party (LDP) who heads the Japan-China Association. In the
conversation, Tang referred to the currently strained relations
with Japan in part because of Prime Minister Koizumi's continued
visits to Yasukuni Shrine and expressed a sense of disappointment
about improving ties with Japan, telling Noda: "We no longer
expect anything from Prime Minister Koizumi. There is little
possibility that our relations will turn for the better while he
is in office." Tang continued, "We need to have a long-term
perspective," indicating an interest in who will succeed Koizumi.
In a meeting late last year with the LDP's Deputy Secretary-
General Ichiro Aisawa, Tang had taken the stand that in order to
break the impasse in the strained relations, Japan and China
should hold a foreign ministerial meeting as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, Tang revealed that in a planned meeting between
representatives of seven Japan-China friendship groups and the
Chinese leadership, including President Hu Jintao, slated for
late March, "An important statement (on Japan-China relations)
will be released."
15) ADB President Kuroda advocates a single East Asian FTA,
stresses efficacy of ACU
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Full)
February 9, 2006
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda delivered
yesterday a speech on economic cooperation in the East Asian
region at the Japan National Press Club in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
He stated: "It is important to integrate many (bilateral) free
trade agreements into a single FTA in East Asia." He advocated
the creation of an East Asian Community, which would manage the
economy of the entire region.
Kuroda also underscored the need for establishing an East Asian
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version of Group of Seven (G-7), which will be made up of finance
ministers and central bank governors from the Association of East
Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan, China and South Korea (ASEAN plus
Three), saying, "It is significant for East Asia to initiate a
process for policy dialogue, which is like the G-7 composed of
Japan, the United States and European countries.
Regarding an Asian Currency Unit (ACU) the ADB has advocated,
Kuroda stressed the efficacy of a new currency unit, noting,
"With the creation of an new currency unit, we will be able to
monitor how Asian currencies move against the dollar and euro and
such will be useful for the currency policy of each country."
16) Government, LDP to integrate three ODA functions into one and
bring all grant aid under JICA
MAINICHI (Page 1) (Slightly abridged)
February 9, 2006
In an effort to reform the official development assistance (ODA)
program, the government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
started yesterday looking into the possibility of bringing the
grant aid function of the Foreign Ministry under the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It has already been
revealed that the yen loan aid function of the Japan Bank for
International Cooperation (JBIC) would be merged into JICA. The
government and the LDP intend to unify three ODA operational
organizations into one body, including planning functions, in
order to strengthen cooperation and promote the efficiency of
operation.
The Foreign Ministry made the proposal to the LDP in a joint
meeting yesterday. It would integrate into JICA three ODA
functions -- loan aid in cooperation with JBIC, technical aid
that JICA is closely involved in, and the grant aid function, now
controlled by the ministry. JICA President Sadako Ogata also
said, "We should move forward with ODA reform while further
strengthening cooperation." The ministry secured the LDP's
approval.
The government has already revealed a plan of creating an
organization under the prime minister's direct control in charge
of the planning of ODA projects. With the proposal of the
unification plan this time, the planning and operational
functions will become separate organizations.
17) Prime Minister Koizumi likely to give up submission of bill
revising the Imperial House Law to current Diet session following
Princess Kiko's pregnancy
ASAHI (Top play) (Excerpts)
February 9, 2006
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi last night made this statement
about the bill to revise the Imperial Household Law to allow
females and their descendents ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne:
"Further cautious discussion is necessary to decide the issue. If
possible, it would be desirable that the law be amended by
unanimous approval. In order to submit it to the Diet,
consideration is needed so that the bill will not be used as a
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tool in a political fight."
Koizumi indicated that in his remark that his government would
forgo submission of a bill to revise the Imperial succession law
to the ongoing Diet session. In addition to Princess Kiko being
pregnant with her third child, since he cited "unanimous
approval" as a condition for submission of the bill to the Diet,
it has now become difficult for the government to submit it to
the ongoing Diet session.
Asked by reporters about whether he would give up the submission,
Koizumi did not deny the possibility, responding: "It is too
early to make a decision. The first thing to do is discuss." He
then added: "At present, setting an arena to carefully discuss
the issue for a conclusion is necessary rather than setting a
deadline." He indicated that in his remark that he was not wedded
to the plan to submit the bill to the current Diet session.
Koizumi announced in his policy speech on Jan. 20 that his
government would submit the revision bill to the Diet. He has
reiterated his intention to get the bill passed during the
current Diet session. Following Princess Kiko's pregnancy, the
prevailing view is that conditions for the submission of the bill
have now changed, according to a senior official. The prime
minister, therefore, seems to have shifted his policy line.
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