House.

In the fan-shaped venue, seats are lined up one after another.

In the upper right corner of each position, there is a name tag for the members of the council, and Ritsu Ninomiya has found his seat in the front position because he is a member of the 10th district of Tokyo.

The MPs on either side of him were not seated for the time being.

Boredom, he sat down at the seat and looked at the stage, only to see that there were two seats in the center, one was the chairman's seat, the other was the secretary's seat, and the left and right sides were the secretariat seat and the minister's seat.

Among them, the Prime Minister's seat is in the same ministerial seat.

Of course, there is also a special seat on the second floor, called the throne, which belongs to the neon emperor.

Judging by the seats.

In the entire Diet, the Emperor overlooks all living beings on the second floor, and the Speaker is below one and above 10,000 people, whether it is the Prime Minister or the Minister, they can only bow to the side.

But on practical rights.

Whether it is the throne on the second floor or the chair of the speaker of the central government, it is impossible to compete with the ministers' seats on both sides.

One prime minister and 19 cabinet ministers collectively govern the direction of the entire country.

At this time.

The stage was full except for the chairman's seat, the secretariat seat, and the speed press booth.

The seats for the prime minister and cabinet ministers were empty.

In addition to the official announcement of the election results, the other main issue on the agenda today is the election of the prime minister.

However, the neon cabinet prime minister's election is not like the presidential system in Western countries, which requires a referendum, and the neon prime minister is elected by the House of Representatives, and is generally held by the majority president of the House of Representatives.

Now Neon is the dominant party.

The LDP holds nearly 300 seats in the entire parliament.

Therefore, the selection of the prime minister of the cabinet is nominally a campaign, but in fact, there is no suspense at all, it is just a formality.

Since there is no suspense about the choice of the prime minister.

Stand to reason.

There is no suspense about the selection of the 19 cabinet ministers, after all, the cabinet ministers are appointed by the cabinet prime minister, and after the new cabinet prime minister takes office, he can freely form a cabinet that obeys his orders.

That's how to say it.

In fact, the cabinet is not one mind.

The ministerial seats have long been divided up by various forces, so in a sense, cabinet ministers are the spokesmen of the top chaebols, and once the interests of the famous chaebols are touched, they will quarrel every minute.

The cabinet is in chaos like this.

The House of Representatives will only get more chaotic.

Parliamentarians from the opposition parties are waiting every day to pick a bone in the egg, but they will not give your cabinet and the prime minister face, and at every turn they will slap a cabinet no-confidence resolution on the table and demand that the cabinet be dissolved on the spot.

Just once.

At a budget meeting of the House of Representatives, a lawmaker from an opposition party publicly insulted the prime minister of the cabinet as a lackey of a well-known chaebol, and there was even a famous scene of a fight between lawmakers.

So it seems to be a serious, high-minded council.

In his opinion, it is no different from the vegetable market, except that it is chaotic or chaotic.

This is not the Prime Minister's election votes just came out.

In the end, Toda Nagamasa was elected with an overwhelming vote of 298 votes.

An opposition lawmaker of the Restoration Party scolded on the spot with the camera lens: "Dissent! His Excellency Toda was a loyal lackey of the chaebol and the Ministry of Finance when he was Chief Cabinet Secretary in the past, and he and the cabinet he formed were bound to fail to protect the interests of the people and step down! Step! Step! ”

", lackeys of the plutocracy."

"Bagaya Road, you have played the cabinet as hereditary, it's shameless."

“……”

In the face of the surging invective of the opposition legislators, the new prime minister and the cabinet members he appointed were unmoved, and even the more than 300 legislators of the Liberal Democratic Party were snoring and snoring while sitting in their seats, secretly playing with their mobile phones, and they were more diligent in holding a foreign language textbook, not knowing which language they were learning.

See here.

Ritsu Ninomiya's inherent impression of the House of Representatives was shattered in an instant.

What about the highest authority that determines the direction of the country?

That's it? That's it? That's it?

Be reasonable.

He felt that the scolding war in the Huaguo vegetable market was better than theirs.

"Ninomiya-kun, you're a first-time member of parliament, right? How's that, is it disappointing in the House of Representatives? A 37-year-old congresswoman named Ikumi Nakano chatted casually.

Ninomiya Ryu coughed: "This ...... It's a bit abstract indeed. ”

"The opposition parties only account for one-third of the 465 seats in the parliament, and because they are not united, they cannot change the direction of any resolution, so they can only vent verbally, and as for threatening to raise a resolution of no confidence in the cabinet or something, it is good to listen to it, and even if it is really raised, the vote at the meeting will not pass." Ikumi Nakano seemed to be in good spirits and said more.

"But Nakano-san ......"

Ninomiya Ritsu lowered his voice: "I remember that in the last parliament, it seemed that the cabinet no-confidence resolution was passed, which led to the early dissolution of the House of Representatives, and the general election was opened several months earlier. ”

"It was different last time."

Ikumi Nakano shook her head and said, "At that time, His Excellency the Prime Minister acted arbitrarily and stood on the opposite side of most of the famous chaebols, which led to the passage of the cabinet no-confidence resolution. But even if the resolution is passed, neither side will be able to curry favor, and His Excellency the Prime Minister, who is actually a confidant of the previous term, will continue to take the proposition of the first term. ”

There was a pause.

Nakano Ikumi reminded: "So Ninomiya-kun, even if the election is over, don't forget to maintain your popularity, it's best to often give speeches and engage in activities in the constituency, this House of Representatives may last less than four years." ”

"Nakano-san, thank you for the reminder."

"You're welcome, you're a few years older than my daughter, so I can't help but nag a few more words."

“……”

The two had a great conversation.

Thanks to the detailed introduction of Ikumi Nakano.

He can be sure why many legislators will continue to give speeches and distribute leaflets in the streets and alleys for months after the general election is over, greeting residents in their constituencies.

It turns out that the real reason is here.

Truly.

The status of the parliamentarian is high, but it is also extremely unstable.

There was once a House of Representatives, and it lasted only a month before it was dissolved.

Therefore, no one can guarantee it.

Will this House of Representatives be dissolved early?

But here's the good news.

The voice of the new prime minister is not low, it should not be so easy to get into trouble, it is difficult to say whether this House of Representatives can serve for four years, but there should be no need to worry about being dissolved early within two years.

Evening.

The first session of the House of Representatives has come to an end.

The meeting decided on the choice of the Prime Minister and all Cabinet ministers and deputy ministers.

Probably within this week.

The newly formed Toda Cabinet will inevitably lead to the first Cabinet meeting.

At that time, at the first cabinet meeting

The position of administrative officer and vice minister for affairs of each organization, such as the Ministry of Justice, will be decided.

He certainly can't win over the political officer.

But there are other positions that may be up for grabs.

(End of chapter)