Adhesion (Politics)

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Some parties are always critical and confrontational with the ruling party's policies, while others are working toward the next political party, while others are not always confrontational with the ruling party. ..

The term "opposition" may refer only to political parties that take the same stance as the former. On the other hand, a political party like the latter is sometimes called "adhesion", that is, "adhesion" means that it is located between the "opposition" and the "ruling party". This term is mainly used by people and groups who take the position of the anti-ruling party, and often includes some contemptuous nuances. The expression adhesion has come to be used.

In Japan, in a representative question of the plenary session of the House of Representatives, the Osaka Restoration Society stated that "we are neither the ruling party nor the opposition party." The Democratic Party questioned this statement, arguing that the two parties of the Ishin no Kai and the Vision of Reform, which had a friendly relationship at the time, were adhesions rather than opposition parties, and the House of Representatives Budget Committee indicated that they would not include them in the opposition's question time. Finally, the ruling and opposition parties were treated as "adhesion", giving time to the two parties. In response, Ishin insisted that "the party not participating in the administration is the opposition party," and as a protest, he returned only the time allocated by the ruling party and was absent from the budget committee.

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