Move to Send All Petitions through DPJ Chief Bad for Democracy
It leads to Ozawa-style despotism; the country needs to rebel against it and the obvious arrogance of the DPJ

Adding restrictions on how the citizens can petition their government is bad for democratic politics. There is no reason to limit the authority of the people. What Democratic Party of Japan Chief Secretary Ichiro Ozawa is setting out to do would bring about despotic politics. It means that those who won't grovel in front of Ozawa for their right to petition will be denied. It's a chilling surprise that of the more than 400 DPJ legislators, not one of them has stood up to criticize Ozawa's despotic plan. One despot and more than 400 subjects posing as DPJ lawmakers. Isn't this the reality?

　　　　The act of streamlining petition requests through Ozawa places a restraint on the ability of citizens to hold their government accountable. It surprises me that the DPJ and the mass media have allowed such an abnormal ﾊdevelopment.

　　　　Watch Ozawa on TV and you see unabashed arrogance. I've heard that some commentators have started insisting that Ozawa is Japan's true king. This kind of sycophantic behavior provides the soil for a dictatorship to grow.If you prompt a dictator to become more and more arrogant, he will oblige.

　　　　A newspaper recently reported that Vice Prime Minister Naoto Kan shouted that "bureaucrats are stupid fools." If the report is true, then Kan too is lost in clouds of arrogance.

　　　　The conceitedness of DPJ leaders provides the basis for Ozawa's despotism.

　　　　But "pride must have a fall," as Shakespeare wrote. The more arrogant and conceited the DPJ gets, the quicker their day of reckoning will come. DPJ, reflect on what you're doing!