官かん僚りょう主しゅ導どう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

bureaucrat-led initiative; bureaucratic leadership in policymaking

Refers to the phenomenon where bureaucrats, rather than elected politicians, take the lead in drafting government policies and legislation. Often used in political commentary.

• この法ほう案あんは官かん僚りょう主しゅ導どうで作つくられたと言いわれている。

  This bill is said to have been drafted under bureaucratic leadership.

• 官かん僚りょう主しゅ導どうの政せい策さく決けっ定ていプロセスには透とう明めい性せいが欠かけている。

  The bureaucrat-led policymaking process lacks transparency.