With opposition parties concerned that the move is aimed at expanding the military scope of Japan's SDF beyond that of mere defense and a public vehemently opposed to a shift in the nation's pacifist stance, the success of Abe's determination in recent weeks to alter Japan's defense posture is a doubtful one, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
Massive nationwide protests by regular citizens and opposition party members against contentious security legislation steamrolled. More recently, mounting public demurral was punctuated by the LDP and other factions intent on amending the charter falling short of winning the requisite number of seats to smoothly push ahead with calling for the amendment and taking it to the public for a simple majority referendum, in last July's upper house election.
Japan's recent plan to dispatch SDF personnel and hardware to the Middle East amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, meanwhile, has also seen opposition parties' and public disapproval of the move and broader constitutional amendment intensify, with protests recently held outside the prime minister's office.
In addition, according to recent media polls, the majority of Japanese citizens are opposed to the dispatch, which is a harbinger of continued resistance to constitutional amendment, both in parliament and by regular peace-loving citizens here, experts on the matter said Tuesday.
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