Japan 'staged' ministerial forums

[andres]

Sinasabi ko na nga ba! Hehehe

bbc Japan's government paid members of the public to ask questions at meetings designed to allow ministers to hear what people though of their policies. Read more... (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6175447.stm)

[dcat]

Thanks s.mod andres, this is going to be of help to me. This is also on the Japan Times website this morning. (http://search.japantimes.co .jp/mail/nn20061213a2.html) The first set of this news surfaced last November 24th, also at Japan Times site:

Ehime planted 100 educators at 2004 town hall meeting
Kyodo News (Japan Times Website)
About 100 teachers and other people with ties to education were planted in an Ehime town hall meeting in 2004 to make comments backing the government's education reform bill, government sources said Thursday...
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I'm not surprised about this news though, since politicians around the world do this to set national policy discourses. The fact that the Japanese government was caught red-handed however suggests a very interesting detail...

[dcat]

Heheh, mukhang magiging isyu to ah. Hmmn, sabi sa Mainichi (http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20061214p2a00m0na002 000c.html) at sa Asahi (http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200612140143.html ) kukunin daw ni Prime Minister Abe ang ibang responsibility at hindi daw sya tatanggap ng 3 buwan na sweldo. Hmmn...

[Dax]

Hazukashii~ :oops:

Pero at least may gagawin si Abe bilang pagtanggap ng responsibilidad. Sa Pinas kaya? Huling huli na magpapalusot pa!