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Simon Foston
showchinmonoToday 09:18 pm JST
You told me nothing I didn't know already. I have never expressed much confidence in the opposition parties but as useless as they are I still think the LDP are far, far worse. LDP supporters online have failed at every opportunity to convince me otherwise. Especially when they come up with 1984 Ministry of Truth stuff like this:
Ganbare Japan!Today 10:01 pm JST
I would ask if you had anything to substantiate that comment but I know what the answer would be. If there was one.
Derek Grebe
it's ungraceful
Shouldn't that be disgraceful? We're not talking about how light on his feet Abe is.
Moderator: Yes, that has been corrected.
Simon Foston
They're not wrong, but oh dear what a total waste of time. These no-confidence motions never, ever get passed. Opposition politicians really need to find something more worthwhile to do.
Simon Foston
Ganbare Japan!Today 12:00 am JST
Highly debatable.
Securing the Tokyo Olympics, and the 10 Million tourists coming for it.
Mired in corruption scandals and way over budget. 10 million tourists aren't going to be good for much long-term.
That's more to do with demographics than government policy and there are lots of people on low-paid temporary contracts.
What's the government done to contribute to that
Record company profits are no good if the companies don't hire more full-time workers on better salaries.
Mediocre, stable leadership or mediocre, unstable leadership. Tough choice.
Sorry, don't care.
No, that's actually about as far as it usually gets.
showchinmonoJune 25 11:46 pm JST
Go to Google and enter "ldp scandal" . Anyway, when have I ever expressed the view that other parties are better? On a rating of 1 to 10 I'd give them a 1. I'd give the LDP about 20 points less than that.
Simon Foston
showchinmonoToday 03:33 am JST
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Name another party that has presided over decades of mounting deficits due to reckless pork barrel spending as an election tactic, allowed the development of an urban-rural vote value disparity that largely benefits itself, turned the Diet through cronyism and nepotism into a quasi-peerage filled with 3rd or 4th generation "professional" politicians, botched foreign policy to help create an extremely unstable international situation, manipulated the media to fill it with craven sycophants like Katsuo Momii and conspicuously failed to realise its own flagship policies despite having no effective opposition.
To his credit Ganbare Japan! at least mounted a defence of the LDP's record and maintains a respectful attitude towards other posters. All you seem to have is "what about?" arguments like this:
showchinmonoToday 03:44 am JST
All that shows is that you can't defend the LDP.
Simon Foston
showchinmonoToday 09:36 am JST
In other words, you can't. No other party has such a long record of incompetence, corruption and cronyism as the LDP.
You do, obviously. "What about...?" arguments seem to be all you've got.
I've stated my views on other parties in other comments. I'll take your lack of positive things to say about the LDP and continual "what about the opposition" stuff as a tacit acknowledgement that the LDP are just as useless as virtually everyone here says they are.
Simon Foston
showchinmonoToday 10:17 am JST
You know why you got "nightmare of DPJ?" Three particularly terrible years of revolving door LDP administrations, two of those courtesy of Abe and Aso who are now, amazingly back in power as some kind of reward for their staggering uselessness.
No mention of all the LDP politicians who have left the party, joined other ones and then re-joined?
You might as well give up if that's all you can think of.
Simon Foston
showchinmonoToday 11:46 am JST
That was all ages ago and I'm not sure how much credit the LDP deserve for any of it. Not got anything more recent?
Simon Foston
showchinmonoToday 12:29 pm JST
I don't credit anyone for all of it. Especially not a cabal of ex-racketeers and war criminals turned CIA stooges.
Interesting you mention the USA, given that the CIA gave millions of dollars to the LDP and worked on undermining the Japan Socialist Party.
Anyway, none of this can detract from the simple fact that as pointless as it was to submit the no-confidence motion, given that it would never pass the Diet, the opposition's criticisms are correct. However I wish one party could drop the futile gestures, coalesce around a platform of credible, practical policies and a smart, charismatic leader, and field enough candidates to give the LDP a proper fight. Just supposing such a party did ever develop, maybe a bit like New Labour in the UK in the 1990s (unlikely, I know), could the LDP beat it?
Simon Foston
showchinmonoToday 02:30 pm JST
I do believe it. It would be good for the LDP to have a serious challenge. They might shake themselves up a bit and become a better party. Or they might stay as they are and lose to a better party. Good result either way.
showchinmono
Simon FostonToday 04:28 pm JST
LOL Surprise. We agreed. Cheers!
juminRhee
Is the purpose of govt (executive cabinet) to politicize and bury facts they don't like? Why isn't the cabinet just the most senior civil servants in each dept? If they do bad work, the diet can fire them. Not a swipe at parliamentary govt, presidential govt also politicizes facts...and calls them fake news. Why hasnt anyone done a council-manager form of govt at subnational (state, province, prefecture) or national level - it's only at local level? Many extoll it for its professionalism, getting things done, and remaining democratically accountable to elected legislature.
History:
Cabinet was born out of the king's privy council and once answered only to him. Later, they could be held to account by parliament and soon could be removed even by parliament. Still later, the prime minister was born from the king leaving governing affairs to the pm and cabinet. In the states and most countries with a presidential system, this froze at semi-accountability - only the president (king) could fire. Could we not try to improve?
juminRhee
Oh and the managers/administrators and their deputies in a council-mamager system cannot be partisan. They are also held to account that if they try to become political/biased, their professional org can suspend or remove them, effectively making them unemployable.
https://icma.org/documents/council-manager-form-government-what-how-it-works-and-benefits-your-community-brochure
showchinmono
Or you can refer to CDPJ's manifest which has just came out if you like where it again loudly promising like abolishing both nuclear and coal power plants.
showchinmono
Bu ha ha At least, DPJ did not have to imitate not only 3 particularly terrible years of but also revolving door administrations.
Not necessary. unlike other herd of cattle, LDP itself, the parent body did not change
No that's not all. What about miraculous recovery from "the devastation" in just 15 years up to Tokyo Olympic, building world No2 economy up until recently, longest life in the world, the most peaceful nation (well, I might want to reserve for this a bit lately though) , etc, etc, Shall we go on or what?
showchinmono
I agree. you believe it or not. LOL.
We don't need herd of cattle who should all resign at once
Ganbare Japan!
Agree with other posters. Complete waste of time by these tiny and unimportant "parties". The Diet will continue to allow the Abe Cabinet to rule. Wise move. Because Abe Cabinet is doing a tremendous job.
showchinmono
Simon FostonToday 06:44 am JST
Name which other parties? Do you mean some from only 2,5 years around early90’s? or DPJ from only 3.2years ended in 2012Jan out of 75 years of history after war ended? Lol.
Or do you want me to go through DPJ ruling by 2nd generation professional politician like Hato-pee and show how nightmare it was?
Oh, as for reckless pork barrel spending, DPJ was the one renewing worst record after WW2 by newly issuing more debt than entire tax revenue, ie., worst primary balance.
You answer first before trying to dodge my question or pretending to forget what you mentioned before. Lol.
Try convince me other parties far better than LDP for maintaining respectful attitudes toward other posters
showchinmono
Who can? You still don’t get it do you? Since War ended, there were only 6years terms in total Non-LDP ruled. How could it be long records of what so ever? That’s why I suggested if I had better go through nightmare of DPJ? Besides, except CPJ, they split, broke down, reunited, changed names too often. Its called herd of cattle
So positive things LDP has done to Japan? Other than the ones Gambare already listed, how far back could I go? Starting with something like concluding peace treaties with neighbor countries? Lol.
showchinmono
Who or what do you credit for all of it then? DPJ? SPJ? CPJ? or I see USA?
showchinmono
Bu ha ha ha see? I told you.
Ganbare Japan!
Well since you asked. Economy ticking along very nicely. Securing the Tokyo Olympics, and the 10 Million tourists coming for it. Lowest unemployment in decades. Outstanding jobs creation. Record all time tourist boom (aiming for ~40Million a year by 2020). Leader and driving force of the New TPP. Record Farm production and exports. Record Company profits in 3 decades. Stability in leadership, when previously it was unstable under the non LDP minor parties. Strengthening of Japan Military Forces. PM Abe playing a leading role in International Summits. Japan being as close to the USA in its history.
The list just goes on and on and on!
showchinmono
When will Anti-LDP like yourself present convincing story that any other parties are far far better than LDP after
this kind of ridiculous time-wasting stunt?
showchinmono
I did and found nothing special I didn't know. So it's scandal that matters to you. Lol.
Also, you clearly mentioned the other parties are better than LDP the other day with some exceptions and mentioned again today by the comparative "LDP is far, far, worse"
On a rating of 1 to 10, you have 1 as the lowest and no such rating like -20. Isn't this the same as saying there are no parties you can vote for. no wonder "scandal" matters to you
showchinmono
Speaking of scandal, is CDPJ clean? There are some scandals around a few persons , media never reports.
One of them has a criminal record. It is not " innocent until convicted guilty".