Until
(back then)
was being revealed one after another. At that point, the ruling party was trying to keep this Governor in office. So I was thinking that the best way to make them learn the hard way would be to let them do as they please and push them into humiliating defeat at upcoming Upper House election -But that was the very thing ruling party was afraid of; This didn't come true because even the ruling party approved the no-confidence measure, and this Governor submitted resignation. However... if there issomething I can sayfor the ruling party and entourage parties: Again, their victory is NEVER because their policies and works were remarkably good nor they could remove obstacles like ex-Governor successfully, but thanks to clothespin votes
It's also I'm placing again and again; a group of lawyers brought up vote-value disparity promptly again, but what they should question first is low voting rate
, isn't it? Now back to the main story:
I might not be the right person to place it because I'm not a qualified voter in the capital prefecture, However... the background of the series of failure is partly because governor elections are being like popularity contests. Once there was a prediction that ex-Vice-Minister of General Affairs would be a likely candidate with faculty.
His son is a popular talent and singer, and this fact seems to attract attention more. Sure enough, the ruling party requested candidacy for upcoming Governor election, But in the end, this ex-Vice-Minister of General Affairs rejected, explaining that he is inadequate for election and he doesn't want to trouble family
. For himself and family, this was a right choice, but how about from the point of capital prefecture and our country? There is no judging, however... I've read thatan adjective of our language "sekoi", which general public used to ridicule ex-Governor of the capital prefecture, was introduced by English-speaking media If the true intention of the ruling party was to enclose votes from fans of his son, this plot should be described as "sekoi" -Or how do you say in this language? Original meaning of this word aside, I thought that " mean-spirited
", " cunning
" or " vicious
" could express its nuance...
Recently, I feel I frequently see news that ex-athletes are requested candidacy
-which is nothing new, though.
It's not always wrong that entertainers and athletes and cultural celebrities go into politics if they are people of vision and capable enough, But some are criticized that they cling to glory in the past and take politics too lightly.
-In short,if political parties think those big-names as convenient come-ons, Is it OK to label that they underrate that general public always think simplistically enough to judge candidates with fame, popularity and appearance, and get tamed easily?
Last of all; as for me, there is one thing I need to be thankful to ex-Governor of the capital prefecture. At the end of May, there were phone calls pestering me to vote for one of the political parties that backed this ex-Governor, which was really annoying REGARDLESS OF which political parties I was voting for. But since the series of scandals, this political party's plants seem to hesitate to call for support, so such phone calls stopped.