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To PM Noda and members of the Diet:

As citizens from across Japan, we urge you to endorse our call to hold a national referendum on nuclear power. The energy future of our country should be shaped by the views and values of its people, not by special interests. We hope that all politicians will value open and fair democratic process in this critical decision about Japan's future.
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Tell our politicians: We're not monkeys!

We’re all monkeys, that’s what Tokyo governor Ishihara insinuated on Sunday when he heard that over 250,000 people in Tokyo had signed a petition supporting a referendum on nuclear power -- finally gathering the signatures we need to push Tokyo's Assembly to call a free and fair vote!

Ishihara is resorting to insults in order to avoid honouring the right of citizens to choose Japan's energy future and has pledged not to bring the referendum forward in Tokyo. But we can drown out Ishihara's insults with a national cry for a free vote that no politician in Japan can ignore.

Let’s show our politicians we’re not monkeys and that they can't silence democracy with crude insults. Together we can build on the efforts of people in Tokyo with a public outcry in favour of a national referendum on Japan’s energy future. Sign now and forward this page widely.
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