The "manifestos"
With Ōta (and occasionally a guest) as Prime Minister, the subject matter of the show varies widely from that of typical Japanese political debate shows. Whether Ōta actually believes what he proposes or not is debatable (he is known to take the opposing side of an argument for the sake of arguing), many of his manifestos are quite extreme, and the majority of his manifestos are not approved by the assembly. That being said, many of his manifestos deal with extremely important and difficult national and international issues, and though the tone of the show may be light with jokes and taunts being thrown around without consequence, the discussions are often very serious, and tears and lost tempers are not rare.
A few notable manifestos that have been approved (and thus sent to the Diet) are:
- Remove all support for NEET individuals (PM: Ōta)
- Make a statement in the constitution stating that psychic phenomena do not exist (PM: Ōta)
- Remove the salary of members of the official opposing political party (PM: Ōta)
- Make the days of Japan's World Cup matches into national holidays (PM: Various)
- Require doctors to take a license renewal test every 5 years (PM: Etsuko Namikawa, actress)
A few notable manifestos that have been rejected are:
- Write history textbooks in cooperation with other east Asian countries, as done in France and Germany (PM: Ōta)
- Privatize the government of prefectures and cities (PM: Ōta)
- Charge ¥100 for each character of input on the internet (PM: Ōta)
- In the future, refuse to give any money to the US government (PM: Ōta)
- Force homeowners to open their curtains during the afternoon (PM: Tōru Hashimoto, Lawyer)
Read more about this topic: Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka
Famous quotes containing the word manifestos:
“You watched and you saw what happened and in the accumulation of episodes you saw the pattern: Daddy ruled the roost, called the shots, made the money, made the decisions, so you signed up on his side, and fifteen years later when the women’s movement came along with its incendiary manifestos telling you to avoid marriage and motherhood, it was as if somebody put a match to a pile of dry kindling.”
—Anne Taylor Fleming (20th century)