Representative Tatemin Edano International Art Festival Strongly criticized the decision to grant subsidies September 29, 19:48
Regarding the fact that the Agency for Cultural Affairs has decided not to grant subsidies to the Aichi International Art Festival, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Edano, will lead to the atrophy of the cultural business, and if it is a judgment of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, its significance will cease. I strongly criticized.
Over the international art festival “Aichi Triennale”, the Agency for Cultural Affairs decided not to grant the entire subsidy of about 78 million yen that was scheduled to be delivered last week.
Concerning this, Mr. Edano of the Constitutional Democratic Party said in a lecture in Saitama City, "If you admit that you don't give money because you don't like the contents of the exhibition, the atrophy effect works and cultural projects that are inconvenient for the government It will not be done. "
On top of that, Mr. Edano said, “The Agency for Cultural Affairs is a job that protects the act of expression without being influenced by differences in political opinions. It ’s better to abolish it because it ’s meaningless, ”he said.
In addition, the National Democratic Party representative Tamaki told reporters in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, “It's a big problem to decide not to issue a post-issue on an opaque basis.
It is also a concern that encourages intimidation and creates an atrophy effect on freedom of expression, and will be taken up in the extraordinary parliamentary debate. "