昨日の選挙で自民党は大きく議席を減らし、過半数割れに追い込まれた。
この党には昔から「みそぎ」という独特の考え方がある。
国会でどんな悪事を働いても、次の選挙で勝てばなかったことになるという考え方だ。
「みそぎ」とは神様の前に出る前に、手や体を洗い清めること。
選挙で勝ち、国民の信を得られれば、どんな悪事も清られると思いたいらしい。
そんな道理は党の外では通用しないと思い知らされた人も中にはいるが、そうでなかった人もいる。
むしろもっと議席を失ってもよかったのに。
In yesterday's election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost a large number of seats and was forced to lose its majority.
The party has long had a unique concept called “misogi.
The idea is that no matter what misdeeds they commit in the Diet, if they win the next election, it will all be forgotten.
Misogi” means to wash and purify one's hands and body before going in front of the gods.
They want to think that if they win the election and gain the trust of the people, any wrongdoing will be purged.
While some people have been reminded that such reasoning does not apply outside the party, others have not.
In fact, they could have lost more seats.
