Published: 2024-04-21 09:10

武田砂鉄が政治家のスピーチ力を問う──「もうちょっと自分の言葉で喋ってよ」

アメリカの議会上機嫌にスピーチした岸田文雄総理大臣。この様子を見て、ライターの武田砂鉄違和感覚えたという。なぜか?

【写真を見る】岸田首相、ちょっとはしゃぎ過ぎ

インタビューする仕事を続けていると、今、目の前で話し始めた内容が、真摯なものなのか、表層的なものなのか、ある程度は読み取れるようになる。スラスラ話しているからといって、気持ちがこもっているとは限らない。これまでの取材答えてきた内容繰り返しているだけかもしれない。無論、それはこちらの投げる質問が弱いからであって、このままでは相手奥底行き着かないまま終わってしまうと焦る。質問を重ねていくと、ようやく相手慎重話し始める。戸惑いながら話し始めたとしても、それは、それを話すのが初めてだからかもしれない。心の中で「よしっ」と思う。

政治家のスピーチは、大抵政治家自身で用意した言葉ではない。もはや周知の事実だ。答弁に困ると、後ろから忍者のように官僚が出てきて、なるべく存在隠しながら、ここですと指差したり、紙の急いめくって、このあたりですとサポートしたりする様子を見る。その後でマイクの前に立ち、「えーただいま、ご指摘いただいた点でございますが……」と言い始める。さっき、ここを読んだらいいと指示された箇所読み上げる。ファミリーレストランにいる、出来上がったものを厨房から運んでくるロボットと、役割はそう変わらない。そこに載っているハンバーグを作ったのがロボットではないように、その答弁作ったのは政治家ではないのだ。

ずっとそうでしょ。日本だけじゃないでしょ。そんなツッコミが想定される。確かにその通り。でも、やっぱり、改めて考えてみると、だいぶ滑稽じゃないかと思う。「えっと、2019年のデータと比較しますと……」の途中で2019年の正確なデータを引っ張り出してもらうのはいい。でも、「ここを読んでください」「はい、読みます」って、あまりに滑稽自民党裏金問題で結果的出席者全員自己保身走ったのが政治倫理審査会。不十分答弁が続いたが、そもそもあの場に出てくるのを渋っていた事実を忘れてはいけない。自分の言葉で答えなければならない環境が生まれるのをとにかくがっていた。証言をすれば偽証罪問われる証人喚問なんて、とてもじゃないが耐えられないのだろう。政倫さえ登場せず、ブログやSNSで形だけの謝罪文を載せる議員続出した。

誰かに用意してもらった言葉ばかりが飛び交っている。自分の言葉ではないので、なにかあるとすぐにパニックになる。2021年8月6日、広島行われた平和記念式典で、当時の菅義偉首相が「日本非核三原則堅持しつつ、核兵器のない、核軍縮進め方巡っては各国立場隔たりがあります」と意味の通らない文言読んだ。本来の文章は、「日本非核三原則堅持しつつ、核兵器のない世界実現に力を尽くします……」と続くのだが、A4用紙蛇腹に四つ折りしたものの一部が糊づけされてしまっており(付着していなかったとの指摘もある)、読み飛ばしてしまったのだ。

# 言葉 意味
4 はなす (話す) : 1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat 2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
4 よむ (読む) : 1. to read 2. to count
3 せいじか (政治家) : politician; statesman
3 とうべん (答弁) : response; reply; answer; defence; defense
3 にほん (日本) : Japan
2 きした (岸田) : Kishita (surname)
2 ようす (様子) : 1. state; state of affairs; situation; circumstances 2. appearance; look; aspect
2 しゅしょう (首相) : prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
2 ないよう (内容) : contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
2 こたえる (答える) : to answer; to reply
2 しれる (知れる) : 1. to become known; to come to light; to be discovered 2. to be known; to be understood
2 うば (乳母) : wet nurse; nursing mother
2 あいて (相手) : 1. companion; partner; company 2. other party; addressee
2 たり : 1. -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going") 2. doing such things as...
2 してき (指摘) : pointing out; identification
2 つくる (作る) : 1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct 2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
2 こっけい (滑稽) : 1. funny; comical; humorous; laughable 2. ridiculous; silly; absurd
2 ひかくさんげんそく (非核三原則) : Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)
2 けんじ (堅持) : holding on to; sticking to
2 かくへいき (核兵器) : nuclear weapon
1 ぎかい (議会) : congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
1 じょうきげん (上機嫌) : good humour (humor); good mood
1 あやお (文雄) : Ayao (given)
1 そうりだいじん (総理大臣) : prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
1 たけた (武田) : Taketa (surname)
1 さてつ (砂鉄) : iron sand; magnetite sand
1 いわかん (違和感) : 1. uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort 2. malaise; physical unease
1 おぼえる (覚える) : 1. to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember 2. to learn; to pick up; to acquire
1 はしゃぐ (燥ぐ) : to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
1 すぎ (過ぎ) : 1. past; after 2. too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
1 しんし (真摯) : sincere; earnest; serious
1 ていど (程度) : degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately
1 ゆう (結う) : 1. to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange 2. to tie; to bind; to fasten; to make (a fence)
1 こもる (篭る) : 1. to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell) 2. to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
1 かぎる (限る) : 1. to restrict; to limit; to confine 2. to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
1 しゅざい (取材) : 1. news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media) 2. interview
1 くりかえす (繰り返す) : to repeat; to do something over again
1 むろん (無論) : of course; certainly; naturally
1 おくそこ (奥底) : 1. depths; deep place 2. bottom (of one's heart)
1 ゆきつく (行き着く) : to arrive at; to end up
1 あせる (焦る) : 1. to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to fret 2. to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered; to be startled
1 かさねる (重ねる) : 1. to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another 2. to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
1 ようやく (漸く) : 1. finally; at last 2. barely; narrowly; hardly; only just
1 しんちょう (慎重) : careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
1 とまどう (戸惑う) : to be bewildered; to be perplexed
1 しっ (叱) : 1. shh!; sh!; shush! 2. shoo!; go away!
1 たいてい (大抵) : 1. mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally 2. probably
1 じしん (自身) : (one's) self; oneself
1 もはや (最早) : 1. already; now 2. no longer; not any more
1 しゅうちのじじつ (周知の事実) : common knowledge; well-known fact
1 にんじゃ (忍者) : ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
1 かんりょう (官僚) : bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
1 そんざい (存在) : existence; being
1 かくす (隠す) : to hide; to conceal
1 ゆびさす (指差す) : to point at
1 たば (束) : bundle; bunch; sheaf
1 いそぐ (急ぐ) : to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
1 めくる (捲る) : 1. to turn over; to turn pages of a book 2. to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
1 あたり (当たり) : 1. hit 2. success
1 そのあと (その後) : after that; afterwards; thereafter
1 たつ (立つ) : 1. to stand; to rise; to stand up 2. to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)
1 ええ : 1. yes; that is correct; right 2. um; errr
1 ただいま (ただ今) : 1. here I am; I'm home! 2. presently; right away; right now; just now
1 いう (言う) : 1. to say; to utter; to declare 2. to name; to call
1 しじ (指示) : 1. indication; denotation; designation 2. instructions; directions
1 かしょ (箇所) : 1. place; point; part; spot; area; passage; portion 2. counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
1 よみあげる (読み上げる) : 1. to read out; to read aloud; to call out 2. to finish reading; to read through
1 できあがる (出来上がる) : 1. to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) 2. to be very drunk
1 ちゅうぼう (厨房) : 1. kitchen; galley 2. (Internet) troll
1 はこぶ (運ぶ) : 1. to carry; to transport; to move; to convey 2. to come; to go
1 やくわり (役割) : part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
1 かわる (変わる) : 1. to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary 2. to move to
1 のる (載る) : 1. to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to be loaded on 2. to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded; to be reported; to be given
1 ずっと : 1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way 2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
1 そうてい (想定) : hypothesis; supposition; assumption
1 とおり (通り) : 1. avenue; street; way; road 2. coming and going; street traffic
1 あらためて (改めて) : 1. another time; again; over again; once again; anew 2. formally; especially; intentionally; deliberately
1 かんがえる (考える) : 1. to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on) 2. to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
1 えっ : huh?; what's up?
1 ひかく (比較) : comparison
1 せいかく (正確) : accurate; correct; precise; exact
1 ひっぱる (引っ張る) : 1. to pull; to draw; to pull tight 2. to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch
1 って : 1. you said; he said; she said; they said 2. if ... then
1 じみんとう (自民党) : Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
1 うらがね (裏金) : 1. bribe 2. secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
1 けっかてき (結果的) : concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
1 しゅっせきしゃ (出席者) : those present; attendance
1 ぜんいん (全員) : all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
1 じこ (自己) : self; oneself
1 ほしん (保身) : self-protection
1 はしる (走る) : 1. to run 2. to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail
1 せいじりんり (政治倫理) : political ethics
1 ふじゅうぶん (不十分) : insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
1 そもそも (抑) : 1. in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio 2. after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
1 しぶる (渋る) : 1. to hesitate; to hold back; to balk; to falter 2. to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to begrudge
1 じじつ (事実) : fact; truth; reality
1 かんきょう (環境) : environment; circumstance
1 とにかく (兎に角) : anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; at least
1 こわ (怖) : frightening; terrifying
1 うそ (嘘) : 1. lie; fib; falsehood; untruth 2. mistake; error
1 しょうげん (証言) : testimony; (verbal) evidence
1 ぎしょうざい (偽証罪) : crime of perjury
1 とう (問う) : 1. to ask; to inquire 2. to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to pursue (question of responsibility); to charge with
1 しょうにんかんもん (証人喚問) : summoning of a sworn witness (court, Diet); subpoena
1 なんて (何て) : 1. how ...!; what ...! 2. what?; what's that?
1 たえる (耐える) : 1. to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with 2. to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave
1 あきら (審) : Akira (surname; given)
1 さえ : 1. even 2. (if) only; just; as long as
1 とうじょう (登場) : 1. entry (on stage); appearance (on screen) 2. entrance; introduction (into a market)
1 しゃざい (謝罪) : apology
1 のせる (乗せる) : 1. to place on (something) 2. to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board
1 ぎいん (議員) : member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
1 ぞくしゅつ (続出) : appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
1 とびかう (飛び交う) : to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
1 ひろしま (広島) : Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
1 おこなう (行う) : to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
1 へいわ (平和) : peace; harmony
1 きねんしきてん (記念式典) : memorial ceremony
1 とうじ (当時) : at that time; in those days
1 よしひで (義偉) : Yoshihide (unclass)
1 かくぐんしゅく (核軍縮) : nuclear disarmament
1 すすめかた (進め方) : format; procedure; way of proceeding
1 めぐる (巡る) : 1. to go around 2. to return
1 かっこく (各国) : 1. each nation 2. many nations; many countries
1 たちば (立場) : 1. position; situation 2. viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
1 へだたり (隔たり) : distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
1 とおる (通る) : 1. to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of 2. to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to connect
1 もんごん (文言) : 1. wording (esp. of written text) 2. classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
1 ほんらい (本来) : 1. originally; primarily 2. essentially; intrinsically; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself
1 のない (野内) : Nonai (place; surname)
1 せかい (世界) : 1. the world; society; the universe 2. sphere; circle; world
1 じつげん (実現) : implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization; actualisation
1 ようし (用紙) : 1. blank form 2. sheets of paper; sheet of paper
1 じゃばら (蛇腹) : 1. bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.) 2. cornice
1 じょう (状) : 1. form; shape; appearance 2. state; condition; circumstances
1 いちぶ (一部) : 1. one part; one portion; one section; some 2. one copy (e.g. of a document)
1 のり (糊) : 1. paste; glue 2. clothing starch
1 ふちゃく (付着) : sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
1 よみとばす (読み飛ばす) : to skip over (while reading); to skim