The principle of House supremacy

Japanese: 下院優越の原則 - かいんゆうえつのげんそく

In a bicameral parliament, this principle guarantees that in the event of a conflict between the two houses, the decision of the Lower House takes precedence. In the history of the development of parliamentary democracy, this principle was established as an institutional guarantee that the will of the Lower House, which is composed of representatives elected by the people from the standpoint of popular sovereignty, would be respected as the will of parliament. Specifically, typical examples include the budget, the nomination of the prime minister, and motions of no confidence in the cabinet, and in these cases, the will of the Lower House generally takes precedence regardless of the will of the Senate.

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Japanese:

二院制議会において，両院が対立した場合，下院の決定が優先することを保障する原則。議会制民主主義発展の歴史のなかで，国民主権の立場から国民によって選出された代表で構成される下院の意思を，議会の意思として尊重する制度的保障として確立された。具体的には予算，首相指名，内閣に対する不信任決議などが代表的なものであり，これらについては上院の意思にかかわらず，下院の意思が優先するのが一般的である。

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