Dissolution without Cause

Based on the provision of Article 7 of Constitution of Japan, which determined acts in matters of state of the Emperor, the House of Representatives was dissolved on Thursday. The general election of the House will be held on October 22^nd. One and a half hour later, President of Democratic Party, Seiji Maehara, proposed his colleagues practical dissolution of the party and merging into Party of Hope that was three days old. The election will be the choice between unilateral rule by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and multilateral coalition without policy integration led by the populist Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike.

The extraordinary session of the House of Representatives was convoked at Tursday noon. Right after reconfirmation of the seat of each lawmaker, Speaker Tadamori Oshima read out the declaration of the Emperor Akihito that he dissolved the House under Article 7 of the Constitution. The session was closed in five minutes without any discussion over scandal of Moritomo or Kake Gakuen or new political agenda of human resource revolution. Opposite parties were absent in the session, protesting unilateral procedure of the leading parties.

Prime Minister Abe explained that the election would be the choice over how to protect Japan, life and property of the Japanese people or happy country. Abe keeps on agitating that Japan is in jeopardy of existence, indicating growing threat from North Korea, which must be to justify his unilateral interpretation of the Constitution to approve collective self-defense right. Left behind was responsibility of explaining his relationship with the president of Kake Gakuen or how to implement his political schedule for amendment of Article 9 of the Constitution by 2020.

Action of DP was further unreasonable. Maehara proposed that DP members who wanted to continue as lawmakers should apply to Party of Hope and DP would not register as a party for the election. Eventually, the party members of House of Councillors are also joining Party of Hope. “I would do everything to stop unilateral politics by Abe,” Maehara insisted. Surprisingly, the party members approved Maehara’s proposal. Supporters for DP can no longer vote for the party.

The biggest issue in the election became not constitutional amendment or consumption tax hike, but Abe or Koike. While the voters have to vote to a party on the list of proportional representatives, parties mean nothing in this election. The people are confusing about what political party is for.