They couldn't vote against it without having backdoor Yakuza show up at your house with CIA weapons, so not voting is all you can do. The only way to not vote is to not be there because of illness.
Not voting is the same as letting the other side win, The original point still stands which is that they cited stomach aches to not vote against it because they were being bribed or blackmailed.
You protest a bill by not showing up to vote against it and pretending you had a stomach ache?
They couldn't vote against it without having backdoor Yakuza show up at your house with CIA weapons, so not voting is all you can do. The only way to not vote is to not be there because of illness.
Not voting is the same as letting the other side win, The original point still stands which is that they cited stomach aches to not vote against it because they were being bribed or blackmailed.
There's also a rule that enough people have to be there for a vote to happen, if enough people had stomach aches, the law is null.
Whatever the reason, it was passed as if they had a gun to their heads.