http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/20/diet-session-extended-upper-house-election-delayed-alberto-fujimori-to-run/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:39:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/20/diet-session-extended-upper-house-election-delayed-alberto-fujimori-to-run/#comment-163321 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:47:38 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/20/diet-session-extended-upper-house-election-delayed-alberto-fujimori-to-run/#comment-163321 [...] Suponiendo que Fujimori aceptara y pudiera salir de Chile rumbo al Japón, el derechista Kokumin Shintō considera inscribirlo como candidato en el distrito electoral de Tokio, donde los votantes eligen al candidato y no al partido, según el Asahi Shimbun. Las elecciones estaban programadas inicialmente para el 22 de julio, pero los parlamentarios oficialistas lograron extender la legislatura hasta el 5 de julio para sacar adelante varios proyectos, lo que obliga por ley al aplazamiento de los comicios en los que se renueva la mitad de la cámara alta de la Dieta japonesa. [...] […] Suponiendo que Fujimori aceptara y pudiera salir de Chile rumbo al Japón, el derechista Kokumin Shintō considera inscribirlo como candidato en el distrito electoral de Tokio, donde los votantes eligen al candidato y no al partido, según el Asahi Shimbun. Las elecciones estaban programadas inicialmente para el 22 de julio, pero los parlamentarios oficialistas lograron extender la legislatura hasta el 5 de julio para sacar adelante varios proyectos, lo que obliga por ley al aplazamiento de los comicios en los que se renueva la mitad de la cámara alta de la Dieta japonesa. […]

]]> http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/20/diet-session-extended-upper-house-election-delayed-alberto-fujimori-to-run/#comment-161938 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:11:09 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/20/diet-session-extended-upper-house-election-delayed-alberto-fujimori-to-run/#comment-161938 It would be brilliant! Fujimori would have a perfectly clean record in Japan. It's hard to find a Diet member who can fight the temptation to malfeasance - Fujimori wouldn't be able to get in trouble. More important, and more seriously, name recognition is far and away the most important factor in a candidate's success. Precedent throughout wealthy democracies shows that it doesn't really matter if the person is famous or infamous. Marion Barry, anyone? Higashikokubaru? It would be brilliant! Fujimori would have a perfectly clean record in Japan. It’s hard to find a Diet member who can fight the temptation to malfeasance - Fujimori wouldn’t be able to get in trouble.
More important, and more seriously, name recognition is far and away the most important factor in a candidate’s success. Precedent throughout wealthy democracies shows that it doesn’t really matter if the person is famous or infamous. Marion Barry, anyone? Higashikokubaru?

]]> http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/20/diet-session-extended-upper-house-election-delayed-alberto-fujimori-to-run/#comment-161488 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:42:40 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/20/diet-session-extended-upper-house-election-delayed-alberto-fujimori-to-run/#comment-161488 Fujimori? Are they insane? How would a guy under house arrest in Peru make it to Nagatacho to vote? Or is that they point? Fujimori? Are they insane? How would a guy under house arrest in Peru make it to Nagatacho to vote? Or is that they point?

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