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Thanks a lot. I get it.
>the real power lies in places other than the Diet.
So you mean the Ministries overpower the Diet? Well, yeah, it must be so.. But some statesmen have started investigating what the Ministries hided from people, though such an action wasn't done before. Is it Ok to think the same goes for your Ministries?
>C'est la vie
I didn't know what the expression meant. My online dictionary said it's French. So are you from France?