I quite agree
about what is written in this article.
Masatoshi Takeshita
English translation of a Japanese article: Monjyu Bosatsu – September 5, 2012 –
Mass Media Greatly Responsible for Having
Fanned Make-Believe Play of “Restoration Group”
Hibi Zakkan
The “Restoration Party”
like hotchpotch is said to put as many as 350 people on the party’s ticket in
the upcoming House of Representatives election; 300 people in all single-seat
constituencies and 50 people in proportional representation
constituencies. This is exactly height
of mobocracy.
It is not necessary to criticize again the
poor quality of Koizumi’s children in last but one election and Ozawa’s
children in the last election. We cannot
help admit that Hashimoto’s children in the next election are unprecedentedly
inferior in quality.
Mass media should refrain from news reports
to fan such fad for their own profit.
Hashimoto has achieved nothing in national politics. Although he has an Osaka Metropolis plan, a bill
to realize Osaka Metropolitan government has already been passed. The ball has been thrown back into Mr.
Hashimoto’s hands. So, all he has to do
is to take specific measures necessary to dismantle Osaka City, that is, to
divide the city into three or four administrative wards. However, he will not present any adjustment proposal
to the city council. Instead he is eager
to participate in national politics and has been recruiting foolish expected
candidates.
The political savvy in national politics of
Mr. Hashimoto in question is still unknown and furthermore, it is uncertain how
much he has achieved in Osaka prefectural administration he himself
conducted. What he did is to purchase at
his discretion a defective newly-built structure and convert it into Osaka
prefectural government office building, which created utter confusion. He has served as mayor of Osaka for only one year
or so since he was elected. Meanwhile he
has just provided topics of interest and much ado to mass media to help them increase
their circulation.
Members of Restoration Group who are likely
to take part in national politics are all down-and-out
ex-politicians-turned-entertainers. We
cannot find any down-to-earth person who has committed himself to national
politics to increase reform-minded people while taking care of his junior
fellows by the sweat of his brow.
How dare such lowbrow person can say
self-importantly “I don’t work with Mr. Ozawa”?
I don’t want Mr. Ozawa to be treated in the same way as an
entertainer-turned-politician imitating a young comedian. He should know himself and watch his tongue.
In another month the “Restoration Party”
led by Mr. Hashimoto will give the show away and reveal its true colors. Then the people will recognize it as a party
of useless and reckless people. The party
will put up as many as 350 candidates with Mr. Higashikokubaru and Mr.
Nakata as central figures. Even central
figures can only go so far. I won’t even
comment about many others. It is
absolutely obvious that the party will be a hodgepodge of useless people.
Mr. Ozawa has continued
discovering rookie politicians and fostering them in study group for more than
ten years. Even such a rare politician
as Mr. Ozawa can recruit up to 100 people in total. Consider the fact that an institute of
government and management started by the founder of a home appliance maker in
his spare time after retirement has provided shoddy goods, and has caused so
much trouble to the people. You will easily
understand that candidates like instant noodles who
have no training institute cannot be normal.
People from the Press,
you have purged Mr. Ozawa of the front stage of politics by maneuvering to
expose him to merciless criticism in the “Rikuzan-kai incidence” feigned by the
prosecutors. And again you get
complacent of having national politics confused by a “restoration fad,” which
has been created by flattering an insignificant TV personality-turned local
politician. If
you do not realize that you have committed a sin
deserving to die 10000 times, we have no choice but to condemn the mass
media in this country as merely public relations agency for pure demagogue.
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