復興提言―さらなる深化が必要だ

復興に訳の分からないかけ声はいらない。
ひとつひとつ、地道な努力が必要なのだ。決して綺麗事ではない。
復興を隠れ蓑にして新たな利権を求める動きには警戒が必要。
菅首相は４月退陣が８月まで引き延ばされ、まだまだ伸びそうな気配。
小沢氏に交代しても事態は好転しそうにない。
自民党は死に体だし、行き詰まり状態。
福島は一向に復旧のめどがたたない。
なんとかならないのか！
（スラチャイ）

2011/06/28
--The Asahi Shimbun, June 26
EDITORIAL: Rebuilding plan needs more work to avoid vested-interest trap.
復興提言―さらなる深化が必要だ

The Reconstruction Design Council has submitted a proposal to Prime Minister Naoto Kan that talks about "keeping our hearts as one with the people in the areas affected by the quake and tsunami, and to light the flame of hope in those areas through national solidarity and mutual support."
　「被災地の人々と心を一つにし、全国民的な連帯と支えあいのもとで、被災地に希望のあかりをともす」。そううたった復興構想会議の提言が菅直人首相に手渡された。

The proposal puts forth such lofty principles as "the basis of reconstruction efforts should place local communities at its center," and that we should "pursue the possibilities of an economic society that would lead the way into a possible future." The proposal also includes various prescriptions for reconstruction.
　「地域・コミュニティー主体の復興を基本とする」「来るべき時代をリードする経済社会の可能性を追求する」といった原則を掲げ、復興への様々な処方箋（しょほうせん）を盛り込んだ。

Specifically, the council proposes options for rebuilding communities that reduce the risk of disasters and plans for reviving industries in the affected areas.
The options are designed to fit the actual situation in each area.
　具体策では、「減災」のためのまちづくりや産業再興について、被災地の実情に合わせた選択肢を提示している。

The plan also proposes setting "special reconstruction zones" to make best use of local communities' abilities.
市町村の能力を最大限に引き出す「復興特区」の活用も挙げた。

The idea to create locations for developing renewable energy that nurture industries of the 21st century in Fukushima Prefecture is also very good.
２１世紀の産業を育てる再生可能エネルギーの拠点を福島などで展開する案もうなずける内容だ。

Some directions in this proposal overlap with areas that we have been seeking.
　提言の方向性は、私たちが求めてきたものと重なり合う。

However, more than a few points seem to require deeper thought.
　だが、踏み込み不足に思える点も少なくない。

Take the matter of land, for example.
　例えば、土地をめぐる課題だ。

The complex web of ownership rights needs to be sorted out soon, as it is obstructing reconstruction.
The proposal sidesteps this thorny problem by saying "necessary measures must be considered," and that government procurement of land is "problematic."
入り組んだ権利関係の調整といった復興の足かせになっている問題は「必要な措置を考慮しなければならない」、国などによる土地の買い上げは「難点がある」と述べるにとどめた。

The proposal includes using special zoning, but would it not have been better to offer a more specific solution for a breakthrough?
　手続きの迅速化に特区的手法を使うというが、もっと具体的な解決策を示して、事態を打開できなかったか。

Also, we cannot see how the affected local governments will be able to actually apply these proposals.
　また、被災自治体が提案を具体化する手順が見えない。

A road map that lays out which project should take priority, and what kind of preparation is necessary, is essential.
どの計画を優先的に進めるべきか、どんな段取りが必要なのか、という工程表も不可欠だ。

If not, local governments have no choice but to let central government ministries decide for them when to start a particular project or how to design a particular system. And if that happens, the principle of putting the local communities first is just an empty promise.
　そうでなければ、事業の着手や制度設計を省庁に委ねざるをえず、「地域主体」の原則が絵に描いた餅にすぎなくなる。

On the other hand, the proposal includes a plan to re-energize and revitalize the fishing industry by drawing in private sector funds.
　一方、漁業再生の手法として民間資金の導入による活力誘引策を盛り込んだ。

This resulted from strong lobbying by Yoshihiro Murai, the governor of Miyagi Prefecture. Even so, some local fishermen question the plan or are against it.
村井嘉浩・宮城県知事の強い要望を採り入れたものだが、地元の漁業者に疑問や反発の声がある。

In reality, many issues must be overcome. The Reconstruction Design Council is expected to have a say in the usual ministry-led process of coordinating the many conflicting interests of interested parties and point to a new path.
　このように、実現には越えるべき課題も多いが、従来の役所主導の利害調整に一石を投じ、新たな道筋を示すことこそ構想会議が果たすべき役割だ。

The council chairman, Makoto Iokibe, decided against delaying a final recommendation to the end of the year, as originally planned, and instead moved up the schedule to include proposals at this juncture.
　五百旗頭真議長は、当初予定していた年末の最終提言を取りやめ、前倒し的に今回の提言に盛り込んだという。

This might have been due to a sense of urgency created by Prime Minister Naoto Kan's offer to resign, for it was Kan who initiated the creation of the council.
背景には、構想会議の設立を主導した菅首相が退陣表明したことへの危機感もあろう。

It is true the Kan administration has wavered in the process of selecting the minister for reconstruction.
事実、復興担当相の人事ひとつとっても、菅政権の腰はふらついた。

The future role of the Reconstruction Design Council is also unclear.
構想会議の今後の役割も不透明だ。

Although the proposal takes into account the difficult conditions in the disaster-hit areas and opened up some hope, it needs to be deepened.
　提言は、困難な被災地の現状に向き合い、希望への道を切り開いたが、さらに深化させねばならない。

We intend to keep a sharp eye on the proceedings, lest reconstruction efforts end up falling into the trap of coordinating various vested interests.
私たちも復興の実行段階で既得権の調整に陥らぬよう、厳しく監視していきたい。