JAPANESE COMMUNIST PARTY STILL FOR "COALITION" POLICY |
The catastrophic defeat of the Indonesian Communist party seems to have made little impression on the leadership of the Japan Communist party. They propose to repeat the policy that ensured defeat for the Aidit leadership in Indonesia; namely, tying their party to the bourgeoisie by following a “coalition" policy.
On December 23 the party leadership stated that its line for the coming elections includes working for the "establishment of a democratic coalition government." This was exactly the kind of government, headed by Sukarno, which the Indonesian Communist leaders supported while the reactionary generals sharpened their knives under its benevolent protection.
The policy, adopted at a meeting of the Central Committee November 22-24, 1966, was described in the December 27 Japan Times as follows:
"1, Put an end to the reactionary administration of the Liberal-Democratic Party and establish a democratic coalition government on the basis of all the democratic forces in the country.
"2, Oppose the LDP administration which is trying to change Japan into a base for U.S. aggression in Vietnam. Scrap the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty and build up an independent, pacifist and neutralist Japan. .
"3, Oppose the reactionary administration which is attempting to introduce a single-member electoral system, change the Constitution for the worse and restore militarism. Protect democracy and the people's rights.
"4. Protect the people's life and health. Ensure independent and peaceful development of the Japanese economy.
"5. Oppose the character-building policy devised to serve monopoly capital and militarism. Promote ‘'democratic' development of education, culture and science in conformity with the people's wishes."
One of the most striking features of this program is the absence of any appeal for a socialist revolution, or indeed the statement of socialist aims -- and this in the most highly industrialized country in the Far East and one of the most advanced in the world! —