In the Japanese parliament?

Question

It sometimes occur in the Japanese parliament that people walk dramatically slow to the voting counter in order to slow down the process of approving laws, acts or whatever. There is a specific name for this "action" but I forgot it ...

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mauro

Answer 1

It is called the gyuho senjutsu or "cow's pace tactics".

It started in the late eighties, the LDP had a large majority in the house of Reps and used office powers of convening plenary sessions, fixing agendas, and limiting debates to restrict opposition party activity. Although the opposition could not filibuster, the lack of a time limit for the formal balloting process allowed them to use the gyuho senjutsu to cause excruciating delays in the passage of LDP-sponsored bills, walking extremely slowly to cast their individual ballots.