2005 年 42 巻 1 号 p. 133-144
One of the big topics was a manifesto in the general election for the House of Representatives held in 2003. The former platform was changed to a concept of the Manifesto by specifying the time limit and fiscal resources, and the political parties were expected to fight over with their manifesto in the election. Eventually, the opposition party (Democratic Party) responded to the request of the voters but the Liberal-Democratic Party was not positively responded to the request at the general election of 2003. It can be said that the possibility to a real policy election was shown here. There must have had some incompetent descriptions of the manifesto. But some problems related to the basis of the manifesto were shown in the election. In this article, three problems are examind, such as the manifesto and coalition government, Election Act and the manifesto, the House of Councilors and the manifesto.