人質事件に自衛隊派遣可能か、政府が新安保法制の想定問答集=関係筋

過激派組織「イスラム国」による日本人人質事件のようなケースが起きた場合に、作成中の新しい安保法案で自衛隊に何ができるのか、政府が検討作業をしたことが明らかになった。
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[東京 23日 ロイター] - 過激派組織「イスラム国」による日本人人質事件のようなケースが起きた場合に、作成中の新しい安保法案で自衛隊に何ができるのか、政府が検討作業をしたことが明らかになった。

関係者によると、政府はメディアや野党に問われた場合の想定問答集を作成。今回のように日本人が拘束された場合に、新法制では自衛隊を派遣して救出できるかどうかについて「領域国の同意に基づく邦人救出などの警察的な行動ができるよう法整備を進める」としている。武力行使をしないよう、あくまで「国家に準じる組織」が当該地域に存在しないことが前提となる。

日本人2人を拘束した今回のイスラム国が「国家に準じる組織」かどうかについては、現時点で「政府として判断していない」としている。

一方、イスラム国との戦闘に自衛隊を派遣することは「2名の日本人の人命を盾にとって脅迫する許しがたいテロ行為」としつつも、昨年7月に閣議決定した武力行使の「新三要件を満たすとはいえないもののと思われる」と、否定的な見解を示している。米軍などが実施している空爆にも「参加する考えはまったくない」としている。

イスラム国への空爆を行う米軍などの後方支援については、個別具体的なケースには言及せずに「国際社会の平和と安定への貢献のために活動する他国軍に対して、必要な支援活動を実施できるようにするための法整備の検討を進めている」としている。

想定問答集はさらに、今回の事件が安保法制の見直し作業に影響することはないと指摘。「安全保障政策を変更するようなことがあれば、わが国がテロに屈したとも受け止められ、かえってテロを助長する可能性もある」としている。

菅義偉官房長官は23日午後の会見で、想定問答集作成の有無に関するロイターの質問に対し、「全くそのようなことはない」と述べた。

安倍政権は昨年7月、集団的自衛権の行使を可能性にする憲法解釈の変更を閣議決定した。日本と密接な関係にある他国が攻撃された場合でも、1)日本の存立が脅かされ、国民の生命、自由と幸福の追求権が根底から覆される明白な危険がある、2)日本の存立を全うし、国民を守るために他に適当な手段がない、3)必要最小限の実力行使にとどまる──の3条件を満たせば武力行使をできるとした。

政府はこの閣議決定にもとづき、実際に自衛隊が動けるよう新しい安保法案を作成中。1月末に始まる通常国会に提出する予定にしている。

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