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Was friendship therefore meant as a step to gain people
s votes? How did he
think his friends felt when he phoned them about voting for Komeito?
'
Well I hope my friendship with people will be strong enough. I actually
prefer to ask friends I really know and therefore make e
orts to contact
people and develop our relationship. I don
'
t like asking people just out of
the blue.
He said it was not just about gaining votes, but about gaining understanding
that Soka Gakkai was a movement based on the Buddhist philosophy of
respect for dignity of life. However, some of the responses he got from people
he said were full of
, but he tried to turn it
around and get people to listen and to understand why he believed in and
supported Komeito politicians.
'
prejudice against Soka Gakkai
'
'
It is like explaining my own identity.
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Why
did he support Komeito then?
Well I want people to trust the Soka Gakkai and understand the spirit of
our organisation. I think one
is behaviour as a human being is very
important. Komeito represents my own beliefs and desires. That is, I want
to contribute to world peace, improve society to help weaker members of
society, and you have to enter the political world to try to do that. I want
society to try to help those in need, use public money more carefully.
'
What kind of society would he like to see?
No discrimination and that each person can ful
l their dreams. Like
Komeito is focusing on welfare. I want to be able to help people who
are
in society, to make sure the government allocate
money appropriately to help people.
financially worst off
He himself had experienced the importance of supporting other people. When
I asked him why he had come to SU, he told me that his father had been a
strong Youth Division leader in their home prefecture when he was younger,
so many people trusted him. His eldest brother by four years also went to
university, and his second oldest brother went to a two-year college. There-
fore, it was quite di
cult for his parents to put him through university as well.
Nevertheless, his oldest brother had always encouraged him and had said that
he would help pay for it when he was working. In addition, he wanted to
come to the university established by President Ikeda. How about Komeito
and Iraq then?
Of course, I don
t like the way the
Koizumi government supports the US government. But then, I can
'
t want any kind of war, and I don
'
t see
what is going on inside the government and from the Japanese position.
But I would have liked to have solved the problem by other means than
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