[February 2022 Prefectural Assembly] Japanese Communist Party Yumi Miwa Prefectural Assembly General Questions – Japanese Communist Party Chiba Prefectural Assembly

◯ Rep. Yumi Miwa This is Yumi Miwa from Matsudo City. I am asking this on behalf of the Japanese Communist Party. The governor's political stance, first of all, is the corona countermeasures. Protecting lives and livelihoods from corona is the most important issue of the prefectural government. However, the sixth wave of the Omicron strain continued to rage day after day, with the highest number of new infections at 6,604 per day, about four times the number of the fifth wave, and the total number of infected people in the prefecture exceeded 240,000. . The number of people receiving medical treatment at home is about 48,000, and the number of deaths has exceeded 10 per day for six consecutive days. Governor, since last year it has been pointed out that Omicron is highly contagious, and appropriate countermeasures have been required. At first we ask about opinion of the governor.

The Japanese Communist Party has a strategy to suppress the infection with a free large-scale test "anytime, anyone, and many times" together with the vaccine, and establish a sufficient medical system including temporary medical facilities to prevent it from becoming severe. , has repeatedly asked for measures not to be left behind at home. However, the prefectural government did not have a firm grip on this point. Now, there is an urgent need for comprehensive measures that can deal with even more contagious mutant strains. Therefore, I would like to once again propose Chiba's "Package Strategy to Protect Lives."

The first is rapid vaccination for those who wish to be vaccinated. The national and prefectural governments are left to chance, and the third vaccination is in the 10% range for the entire prefecture, and the elderly are in the 20% range. In addition to providing maximum support to municipalities, we should urgently increase the number of prefectural mass vaccination venues in the northern part of Tokatsu and the southern part of the prefecture. Vaccination should be given priority to those involved in schools, nurseries, etc., essential workers, and at-home vaccinations for the elderly should also be promoted. Others, please answer.

The second is a significant expansion of inspections. The lack of test kits is a serious problem, and the free general test project for asymptomatic people at pharmacies that the prefecture has finally started is infamous. Moreover, the national and prefectural governments are ignoring that if a close contact person, such as a family member living together, develops symptoms, it is not necessary to be tested, and even if a close contact person is suspected, it is not necessary to be tested. How did the prefecture grasp the reality of the lack of kits and how did it respond to securing them? The prefecture's own testing capacity should be fully utilized, and the prefecture's overall testing system should be significantly expanded and strengthened. Others, please answer.

On top of that, in addition to securing tests at medical institutions, we should prepare a support system and implement regular and frequent tests such as PCR at schools and nursery schools. In addition to the general testing business at pharmacies, we request the establishment of a temporary prefectural PCR testing center and the operation of a PCR testing tour bus like Setagaya Ward. Test kits should be distributed free of charge to people who have been in close contact with the virus, as well as to desired homes and workplaces. Others, please answer.

The third is the drastic expansion of the medical system. During this time, the fever outpatient clinic was flooded with patients, and the general practice and emergency department were forced to shrink. It is a serious situation in which lives that can be saved cannot be saved, such as dying at home or in a facility due to aggravation of chronic diseases without being able to be hospitalized. In order to maintain and expand fever outpatient clinics, we should ask the national government to restore subsidies, and at the same time, provide prefecture-specific support. Financial support for all medical institutions should be drastically expanded so that medical institutions can continue to cooperate with follow-up observations and home visits when a patient is confirmed to be infected at a clinic. Others, please answer.

Of the 50,000 infected people, 1,500 are hospitalized or recuperated in hotels, and the remaining 97%, about 48,000, are kept at home. Urgently, the number of hospital beds in key medical institutions, temporary medical facilities and nursing hotels should be increased by at least ten times. Please answer.

At a time like this, it is out of the question to reduce the number of public hospitals due to the corona crisis. For example, Matsudo City proposed the abolition of Higashi Matsudo Hospital at the city assembly this March, and there has been a fierce backlash. Our hospital has accepted elderly corona patients and has been at the forefront of corona response, such as vaccines, fever outpatients, and aftereffects treatment. With 162 beds for rehabilitation and cancer palliative care, it plays an important role in the absence of a prefectural hospital in the Tokatsu region. The northern Tokatsu medical area must resolve the shortage of 2,742 beds for chronic convalescent patients within three years, but the abolition of these facilities is inconsistent with the prefecture's plans. Above all, it is absolutely unacceptable to reduce the number of public hospitals due to the corona crisis. I would like to ask for your opinion.

Fourth and last is the drastic strengthening of public health centers. The prefecture boasts that it has strengthened its support more than ever, but it is a serious situation where it is not possible to monitor the health of those who test positive and adjust their hospitalization. The exhaustion has not improved at all. The background is the weakening of the public health center system. This is a political responsibility. We should make a drastic change in policy to urgently increase the number of governors, public health nurses, and other personnel, and to increase the number of public health centers that have been reduced too much. Please answer.

Governor's political stance, next is Osprey. On December 1, last year, around 9:00 pm, a strange noise suddenly resounded over the city of Tateyama Air Base, and a U.S. military Osprey CV22 at Yokota Air Base made an emergency landing. The mayor of Tateyama submitted a request to the government to investigate the cause, etc., and the governor of Tokyo and the heads of local governments around the base submitted a request to the government and the U.S. military to "stop Osprey flights until safety is confirmed." Did. However, in Chiba Prefecture, the person in charge only verbally requested safety measures. I'm not asking you to cancel the flight. Both the national and prefectural governments call it preventive landing, but one wrong step can lead to a catastrophe. Last year alone, the Osprey made three emergency landings in six months, at Yamagata Airport in June, at Sendai Airport in September, and at Tateyama Air Base in December. Are you still claiming it's safe? I would like to hear the opinion of the governor.

At the same time, the Osprey is a dedicated machine for "strike" units such as the US Marine Corps and Special Forces to invade enemy bases and deploy military operations. Far from protecting the safety of the people, the Osprey threatens life and peace, and is incompatible with Article 9 of the Constitution. We should demand the immediate suspension of the training, and the government and the US military to withdraw from the provisional deployment of the Kisarazu base and its status as a maintenance base. Others, please answer.

Next, I would like to ask you a question about the budget for the new fiscal year. Is the budget set to protect lives, livelihoods, and the local economy above all from the unprecedented outbreak of infections caused by the Omicron strain of Corona? From that standpoint, I would like to propose a reorganization of the initial budget. As you can see in the table I distributed, the scale of the restructuring is about 20.62 billion yen, or less than 1% of the total, which is only about 0.95%, and it is possible if the governor is willing to do so.

　First, where should we increase the amount? Considering the characteristics of the Omicron strain that caused the 6th wave, it is necessary to return to the basics of infectious disease control and expand strategic testing to quickly identify and protect asymptomatic infected people. It is also essential to support medical institutions and strengthen the public health center system, which is the cornerstone of public health.

The free general examination project for asymptomatic people, which our party has repeatedly requested, has not been organized in the new fiscal year. First of all, we ask for a budget of 2.95 billion yen for 370,000 doses. Please answer.

Regional clinics and dental clinics where corona patients are not hospitalized are also struggling to stop the collapse of regional medical care through medical cooperation and role sharing. For 1.46 billion yen, we will request medical and dental clinics in the prefecture to provide a uniform support of 200,000 yen. In order to increase the number of public health nurses in Chiba Prefecture, which is the 42nd lowest in terms of population ratio, to the national average, we need another 265 full-time public health nurses and a budget of 1.39 billion yen. It should be increased immediately. Others ask for an answer.

It is necessary to underpin social and economic activities by supporting local economies that have cooled down due to the effects of the corona and securing employment for care workers. Rice farmers have been hit hard by the drop in demand for eating out and the sharp drop in rice prices. If we revive the support similar to income compensation for each household that we used to do, we will be able to provide direct income compensation of 7,500 yen per 10 ares for 940 million yen. Fishermen have also been hit hard by the recent surge in fuel prices in addition to the drop in demand. With 360 million yen, it is possible to provide 200,000 yen to 1,800 fisheries management bodies that use fishing boats. Compensation and support should be implemented to support agriculture and fisheries industries in Chiba Prefecture. Others, please answer. There is no prospect of resuming the GoTo campaign. Until then, instead of shelving the budget of more than 22.9 billion yen, I urge that a portion of the 3 billion yen be used for emergency assistance to the tourism industry, which is now in extreme need. Please answer.

The role of local shops and shopping districts where you can buy food and daily necessities without having to travel far has become even greater due to the corona crisis. We request that support for shops and shopping districts be significantly expanded to approximately ten times the initial budget. Given the daily risk of infection, there is an urgent need to improve the treatment of care workers who support and protect lives. The budget required to increase the prefectural burden of the Chiba prefecture improvement project for childcare workers by 20,000 yen is 2.15 billion yen, and the support of 1 million yen to improve the treatment of employees at three nursing care facilities is 680 million yen. Is possible. Others, please answer.

There is no need to wait for child-rearing support and education. As shown in the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's 2021 edition of Labor Economy Analysis, the employment situation has deteriorated significantly due to the coronavirus, and support and educational burdens for the child-rearing generation, especially single-parent households, which have a large impact is important. The national government has reduced the national health insurance equal division for preschool children by 50%, but if the prefecture adds 380 million yen independently, it will be possible to reduce by 100%. The prefecture should use the 3.1 billion yen to expand subsidies for outpatient medical expenses for children up to the third year of junior high school. In addition, for 3.15 billion yen, households with an annual income of less than 5.9 million yen and having private high school students can reduce or exempt facility maintenance costs. Elementary and junior high schools in the prefecture as well as prefectural high schools and special needs schools have not resolved the problem of the absence of replacement teachers for maternity leave, childcare leave, and long-term medical treatment. I propose to secure 100 regular teachers for 540 million yen, and to allocate them as soon as vacancies arise. Please answer them.

Although we experienced a fatal accident of an elementary school child in Yachimata last year, only 12 new traffic lights will be added in the new fiscal year, which is less than this year. We will add 160 million yen and ask for at least 50 new plants. Please answer.

Next, how do you secure the financial resources to carry out this measure? Basically, we will prioritize COVID-19 countermeasures and livelihoods, review unnecessary and non-urgent businesses, and freeze or postpone businesses that we do not care about even after COVID-19 is over.

Where to deduct? The first is public works. The proposed "Chiba Prefectural Comprehensive Plan" also clearly states that in addition to the development of road networks such as the Ken-O Expressway and the Kita-Chiba Road, it will promote a large-scale development such as a new bay road. The county's stance has not changed. This attitude should change. 4.48 billion yen for Ken-O Expressway, Kita-Chiba Road, etc. Directly controlled contributions of 640 million yen for port business, 2.19 billion yen for rivers, and 2.88 billion yen for land improvement are requested to be compressed and frozen. We will postpone 3.19 billion yen for the road network project that connects to the Ken-O Expressway. We will freeze the 1.8 billion yen taken out of the general account for the land readjustment project, and similarly ask for the reduction or postponement of 150 million yen for wide-area farm roads. Others, please answer.

In addition, we propose to review and freeze the budget of 680 million yen for attracting large companies and for small and medium-sized companies to expand overseas due to the corona crisis. We request that the 870 million yen for tourism promotions and other projects that encourage the flow of people from overseas tourists be frozen until the coronavirus subsides. In addition, overseas inspections by prefectural assembly members, which our party has long pointed out, have been included in the budget despite the corona disaster. That 30 million yen should be deleted in full. Regarding the municipal digital promotion support project, the digitization of operations itself is not a problem, but the government has decided on a policy that "eliminating customization is important". In the name of standardization and communalization, it leads to the denial of local autonomy to fit into the national “mold”. Therefore, we ask for a review of this project and a postponement of 30 million yen. Others, please answer.

Finally, I would like to ask you a question regarding the enhancement of gender equality plans and gender equality during the COVID-19 crisis.

First, we will expand the free provision of sanitary products. In response to the wishes of the citizens of the prefecture, all prefectural schools started from January, including non-face-to-face classes. A step forward. However, on the other hand, some students asked us to put it not only in the changing room but also in the toilet. If it is in the toilet, anyone can use it without hesitation. Should it be installed? From the standpoint of protecting human rights, even public facilities should be provided free of charge. Others, please answer.

The next step is to strengthen measures against molestation. Molestation is the most familiar form of sexual violence for women and children. According to a survey conducted by the Chiba Prefectural Gender Team of the Japanese Communist Party, 85% of the victims were under the age of 18, and more than 40% were under elementary school age. is not. Riding the train, walking on the street, playing in the park, and other everyday activities that are exposed to the danger of sexual violence, should politics ignore them? Victims should not be made to take responsibility for themselves, such as ``trivial problems'' or ``women should pay attention,'' etc., and ``zero molestation and sexual violence'' should be positioned as an important political issue. please. The prefectural government should cooperate with the board of education and the prefectural police to conduct a fact-finding survey of molestation and sexual abuse, expand consultation services, and promote awareness to eradicate perpetrators. We should ask railway and bus companies to cooperate with in-car announcements such as "Molesters and voyeurism are crimes" and to use "in-vehicle reporting devices". Others, please answer.

Next is the introduction of the "partnership system". It has spread to 152 municipalities nationwide, covering 44% of the total population, and within prefectures Chiba, Matsudo, Urayasu, Funabashi, and Ichikawa cities, and at the prefectural level, 6 prefectures such as Ibaraki, Gunma, Osaka, Saga, Mie, and Aomori have already implemented. doing. This system, which allows same-sex couples and common-law marriages with different surnames to be treated like relatives when moving into public housing or visiting hospitals in the event of an emergency, is effective only when prefectures and municipalities work together. Doesn't it become something? The prefecture should also introduce why it refuses. Please answer accordingly.

Finally, about gender equality. SDGs are listed in the prefecture's comprehensive plan, but one of the words, "gender equality," is not included in the prefecture's gender equality plan. However, for example, according to the prefecture's summary, the wage gap between men and women in the prefecture is large, and the wages of full-time women are in the 70% range of men's wages, and the wages of part-time workers are in the 50% range. In addition to urging the government to oblige companies to grasp the actual situation of disparities, publicize them, and correct them, the prefecture should also promote effective efforts such as establishing a reporting system to correct disparities. Please answer.

Now is the time to reconsider plans and policies in all fields from a gender perspective and create a society that protects the dignity of all people. Words, viewpoint of "gender equality" should be stipulated in gender equality plan of prefecture, how about? Chiba Prefecture is the only prefecture in Japan that does not have a gender equality ordinance. Shouldn't we enact a prefectural ordinance that incorporates "gender equality"? Others ask for an answer. This is my first question.

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