The Japanese have voted overwhelmingly Sunday, August 30, 2009 in favor of the opposition centrist who promised to lead a more social after 54 years of conservative reign on the world's second largest economy.According to preliminary estimates released by the media, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) would get between 298 and 329 seats on 480 of the Chamber of Deputies, inflicting a crushing defeat at the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP-right), the all - powerful conservative who reap only between 84 and 131 seats.Already majority in the Senate, thanks to the contribution of two other opposition parties, the Democrats will now have complete control over Parliament and the way clear to carry out their ambitious agenda of reforms.
The announcement of victory was greeted by an explosion of joy and thunderous applause at the electoral headquarters of DPJ in Tokyo-trendy district of Roppongi.Ambitious political agenda by voting for change, the Japanese also wanted to punish the excesses of the liberal policy pursued by the LDP in recent years, they believe responsible for the aggravation of social disparities, unemployment and insecurity.The President of the DPJ, Yukio Hatoyama, 62, who should be appointed prime minister by the new parliament within two weeks, has promised to pursue a policy of "serving people's lives, based on a generous program of allowances for pensioners, families and the poor.Partisan economic recovery in consumption, he also promised the partly free education, maternity grant and the abolition of tolls on motorways. The DPJ has amounted to 16.800 billion yen (125 billion euros) the annual cost of the program from 2012, it intends to finance by cutting the "waste" budget, as public works and subsidies unnecessary patronage regions, and reducing salaries.Rich heir to a long dynasty of politicians often compared to Kennedy, the future Prime Minister advocates a more independent Japan against the United States and geared more toward Asia, but call into question the 'strategic alliance with its U.S. ally.
