Overriding shouts of protest from the opposition parties, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito bloc rammed the second extra budget for fiscal 2008 through the Lower House on Tuesday.
The extra budget includes Prime Minister Taro Aso’s key ¥2 trillion cash handout program, even though according to a recent Kyodo News survey it is opposed by more than 70 percent of the public.
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