Battle Royale: Chaos In Japanese Parliament Over Anti-Refugee Bill, Lawmaker Throws Fists To Stop Procedure
An uncommon scene from the Japanese parliament has recently taken over the Internet. While the Japanese parliament, and the whole of Japan for that matter, is known for their polite and sedate mannerisms, a video that captured an unmediated brawl in the chamber went viral online.
An uncommon scene from the Japanese parliament has recently taken over the Internet. While the Japanese parliament, and the whole of Japan for that matter, is known for their polite and sedate mannerisms, a video that captured an unmediated brawl in the chamber went viral online.
Japanese Lawmaker Uses His Fists To Stop Controversial Refugee Bill
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In the clip, it seems as though a member standing in the back jumps in to interrupt the goings of the parliament. The member who launched the disturbance was identified as Taro Yamamoto, the ¡®Battle Royale¡¯ actor and leader of the Reiwa party.
As it turns out the left-wing lawmakers engaged in a brawl with other parliamentarians in an attempt to block a controversial immigration bill. While the Liberal Democratic Party along with two opposition parties, the Democratic Party for the People and Nippon Ishin no Kai, voted in favour of the bill, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) and the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) opposed the legislation.
The two parties rallied to remind the parliament that the bill did nothing to protect the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees and ignored any improvement in the current treatment of detainees stuck in immigration facilities.
"Battle Royale" actor and left-wing populist Reiwa party leader Taro Yamamoto tried to climb over lawmakers to stop the passing of an anti-refugee law through Japan's Upper House (via @mrjeffu) pic.twitter.com/HuPTMXvDef
¡ª Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) June 8, 2023
The Bill Was Passed Even After All The Chaos
Although the protest started as parties vocalized their opinions, Yamamoto shifted the tide by jumping into the crowd as he seemed to be trying to reach the discussion table.
Opposition leaders gathered around Hisatake Sugi, the chairman of the committee, by the end of the initial question-and-answer session to stop the law from passing. Despite all the chaos of the left-wingers, the bill which overhauls immigration rules eventually passed a key upper-house committee.
Twitter user Jeffrey J. Hall shared Yamamoto¡¯s explanation of his actions in the parliament and wrote, ¡°Reiwa Party leader Yamamoto Taro explained his actions to an audience of supporters last night: Because the revised law will cause people to lose their lives, he felt compelled to physically stop its passage. The LDP had 10 lawmakers on hand to block him.¡±
Reiwa Party leader Yamamoto Taro explained his actions to an audience of supporters last night: Because the revised law will cause people to lose their lives, he felt compelled to physically stop its passage. The LDP had 10 lawmakers on hand to block him. pic.twitter.com/HlobZXeaMb https://t.co/rII1byuJsI
¡ª Jeffrey J. Hall ???? (@mrjeffu) June 9, 2023
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