首しゅ相しょう公こう選せん制せい

noun

direct election of the prime minister by popular vote

A political system in which the prime minister is chosen directly by the people rather than by the parliament. Often discussed in the context of constitutional reform in Japan.

• 首しゅ相しょう公こう選せん制せいの導どう入にゅうには憲けん法ぽう改かい正せいが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Introducing a system for direct election of the prime minister requires constitutional amendment.