Comments on: Poll: When Do You Think Aso is Going to Step Down http://newzjapan.com/japanese-government/poll-when-do-you-think-aso-is-going-to-step-down Alternative News and Insider Commentary from Japan Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jay http://newzjapan.com/japanese-government/poll-when-do-you-think-aso-is-going-to-step-down/comment-page-1#comment-184 jay Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:51:38 +0000 http://newzjapan.com/?p=316#comment-184 We may have to wait for someone from the entertainment world to come in out of nowhere and win like Hashimoto in Osaka or Higashikokubaru in Miyazaki. At least someone like that could use his popularity to buck the system a little more. As it stands it seems like there's just a bunch of old guys trying to hold onto their little piece of the pie. I think Japan would benefit from a popular vote system over the current party based parliamentary system. It would make the politicians actually have to think about what the voters think. Right now the government are the people are not connected at all and the media does nothing to check or balance the government's power. We may have to wait for someone from the entertainment world to come in out of nowhere and win like Hashimoto in Osaka or Higashikokubaru in Miyazaki. At least someone like that could use his popularity to buck the system a little more. As it stands it seems like there’s just a bunch of old guys trying to hold onto their little piece of the pie.

I think Japan would benefit from a popular vote system over the current party based parliamentary system. It would make the politicians actually have to think about what the voters think. Right now the government are the people are not connected at all and the media does nothing to check or balance the government’s power.

]]> By: Dave http://newzjapan.com/japanese-government/poll-when-do-you-think-aso-is-going-to-step-down/comment-page-1#comment-181 Dave Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:33:11 +0000 http://newzjapan.com/?p=316#comment-181 Well it's odds on that it will be in or before September 2009 as that is the deadline for an election I believe. Surely the LDP can't win with things being as they are at the moment, and if they lose Aso will be a fitting scapegoat so they can get rid of him and get the next stooge in. Well it’s odds on that it will be in or before September 2009 as that is the deadline for an election I believe. Surely the LDP can’t win with things being as they are at the moment, and if they lose Aso will be a fitting scapegoat so they can get rid of him and get the next stooge in.

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