民主党、最近、すごいことになってますね～。
数年前は、政権とって、ものすごい勢いありましたが、
今は、トロイカ体制とか言っていた民主党トップ4３人が、
すでにいなかったり（小沢さん）、党から責められたりしてます（鳩山さん、菅さん）。
小選挙区は、二大政党を生みやすいそうで、
自民党の対抗する党が、民主党かな～って感じでしたが、
今では、民主党ではない他の党が対抗党になるんじゃないかって趨勢です。
中廣新聞網 – 2013年7月26日 下午3:06
日民主黨將菅直人停權三個月 並向鳩山抗議
在日本這次參院大選中潰敗的民主黨，今天召開常任幹事大會，會中通過幹事長「細野豪志」請辭案，將由副黨魁接任「大田章宏」接任。此外，民主黨今天還在會中，通過了將前首相「菅直人」停權三個月的提案，因為菅直人在這次日本參議院選舉當中，公開表態，支持非民主黨籍的人士。
另外，會中也通過了對前首相「鳩山由紀夫」抗議案，雖然鳩山已經離開民主黨，不過由於他曾經當過民主黨政府時的首相，大家多半也會把鳩山對釣魚台問題的發言，算到民主黨頭上。因此，民主黨這次也發表了對鳩山由紀夫的抗議書。民主黨說，鳩山對釣魚台方面的言論，是「有損國家利益、毫不負責的發言，非常遺憾」。
The Yomiuri Shimbun July 25, 2013
Kaieda 'asked Kan to leave' defeated DPJ
Amid turmoil erupting within the Democratic Party of Japan due to its massive defeat in Sunday’s House of Councillors election, DPJ President Banri Kaieda is believed to have urged former Prime Minister Naoto Kan to quit the party Wednesday, describing Kan’s support for an independent candidate in the recent race as a rebellion against the DPJ.
Kaieda’s move came on the heels of the DPJ’s loss in the upper house election. However, his action has drawn objections from some DPJ members close to Kan. They have defended Kan, saying he was not the only one to back the independent candidate.
On Wednesday afternoon, the DPJ Standing Officers Council held a meeting on how to discipline Kan, but failed to arrive at a conclusion, putting off a final decision on the matter.
A day earlier, DPJ Secretary General Goshi Hosono said that he would step down in late August to take the blame for his party’s defeat. This has apparently done much to undermine Kaieda’s power to enforce party unity among DPJ members, according to analysts.
The DPJ’s intramural confusion could drag on, depending on Kaieda’s decisions about how to deal with problems arising from his party’s electoral setback, including his request for Kan to quit the party. In that event, greater calls could arise for Kaieda himself to step down as DPJ president to take responsibility for the party’s electoral misfortune, observers said.
On Wednesday, Kaieda held talks with Kan, a member of the DPJ’s top brass, at a Tokyo hotel. During the meeting, he is believed to have urged the former prime minister to voluntarily leave the leading opposition party. However, this antagonized pro-Kan party members who have argued it is unreasonable for Kan to be singled out for criticism.
The DPJ’s top-level council is expected to hold another meeting on how to punish Kan. Senior party members could decide that Kan should be urged to leave the party or be expelled, given the weight of his position as former DPJ president.
Prior to the start of official campaigning for the upper house election, the Kaieda-led DPJ top echelon had designated two party members, Masako Okawara and Kan Suzuki, as candidates running on DPJ tickets in Tokyo. Immediately before the start of the campaign, however, the DPJ rescinded its decision to run Okawara as an officially endorsed party candidate. Instead, the DPJ chose to field Suzuki as the DPJ’s sole candidate in that capacity.
This antagonized Okawara, who chose to run as an independent. Both Suzuki and Okawara were defeated in Sunday’s election.
During the election campaign, Kan backed Okawara, saying, “I’ll stand by her despite her lack of official DPJ endorsement.” The DPJ’s Tokyo chapter asked the party’s top echelon to punish Kan, insisting that his action was “tantamount to injuring the party.”
Meanwhile, the DPJ will also likely punish former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama for making a comment that appeared to side with China in connection with its claims to the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. “From the standpoint of China, there is good reason to believe [the islands] were stolen [by Japan],” Hatoyama has said more than once.
Hatoyama has already left the DPJ. Even so, the party’s top cadre will consider expelling him retroactively.
Kan and Hatoyama made great contributions to the DPJ, as they led the creation of the party. However, more and more DPJ members are calling for them to be severely punished.
“Because of their selfish behavior, the bad impression has spread that the DPJ is a party without unity,” a midcareer member said.
If the DPJ cannot punish them strictly, it is likely that Kaieda, who has already announced he will remain in the party’s top post, will face strong internal calls for him to take responsibility.
An extraordinary Diet session is scheduled to be convened on Aug. 2, and the president and vice president of the House of Councillors will be chosen. The vice president will probably be picked from the DPJ, the second-largest force in the upper house.
However, since the DPJ is now busy dealing with the postelection situation, coordination on selection of a candidate for the post has not been going well. Azuma Koshiishi, the head of the DPJ upper house caucus, was seen as an appropriate choice, but some members have said Koshiishi should also take responsibility for the devastating defeat, according to a young DPJ member.
Some members of the DPJ’s local chapters are calling for the resignation of Kaieda, who announced shortly after the election that he would not step down.
（2013年7月24日13時08分 読売新聞）
菅元首相に離党要求…鳩山元首相は除籍も検討
参院選で結党以来の惨敗を喫した民主党で、党内の混乱が続いている。海江田代表は２４日、菅元首相と会談した。
東京選挙区で党公認を取り消した無所属候補を支援したことを理由に離党を促したとみられる。党内からは元代表の菅氏を離党させることへの反発も出ている。細野幹事長が辞任を表明したことで、海江田氏の求心力は低下しており、菅氏らの処分などを巡る混乱が続けば、責任論が強まる可能性もある。
海江田氏は２４日、東京都内のホテルで菅氏と会談した。自発的な離党を求めたとみられるが、菅氏周辺は「無所属候補を支援したのは菅氏だけではない。１人だけ離党を求めるのはおかしい」と反発している。菅氏が受け入れない場合、海江田氏は同日の党常任幹事会で菅氏の処分を協議する構えだ。菅氏が代表経験者であることから、離党勧告や除籍（除名）などの重い処分が想定されている。
民主党は参院選東京選挙区で当初、現職２人を公認していたが、共倒れの懸念から公示直前、公認候補を鈴木寛氏に絞り込んだ。しかし、公認を取り消された大河原雅子氏も無所属で出馬し、２人とも落選した。菅氏は「民主党公認がなくても全力で応援する」として、大河原氏を支援した。党都連は、「反党行為に当たる」として菅氏の処分を要請していた。
海江田氏は鳩山元首相も、沖縄・尖閣諸島を巡り、「中国側から見れば、（日本が）盗んだと思われても仕方がない」などの発言を繰り返したことで除籍（除名）とする方針だ。鳩山氏はすでに離党しているが、離党前に遡っての処分を検討する。
≪ひとこと≫
鳩山さん、菅さん、元首相です。
なんか遠い昔のことのような気がします。
今では、なんであんな人が首相になったんだろう？って
みんな不思議に思ってますが、
民主党を選挙で選んだのは、間違いなく私等国民です。
投票は、もっと真剣に考えなきゃいけないって事でしょうかね～。
基本的に、日本人は忘れやすいですね。
数年前までは、
自民党、政権が長く続き、官僚にお任せ、業界との癒着等々
悪い評判ばっかりでしたが、
今じゃ、大人気です。
数か月前まで、ものすごい勢いあった、橋下さんの人気も今低下気味です。
橋下さん、基本的に間違った事言ってないと思いますが、
マスコミを見方につけられなかったのが痛かったと思います。
マスメディアは、現代社会で一番の権力を持つモノと言われていて、
良い悪いは別にして、コワイ存在です。
自民党、第二次安倍政権、今後が楽しみですね～。
