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> 日本の国政は議院内閣制であり、内閣は衆議院に信任されていれば存立し、国民の支持・不支持は直接的な制度としては問われず、4年以内に行われる衆議院議員総選挙や衆議院議員補欠選挙を通じて間接的に反映されるだけである（地方政治ではリコール制度がある）。

**the political body of japan is that of a parliamentary system of government
and it is appointed by the house of representatives and is influenced
indirectly by the public and special election of the house of representatives
every 4 years regardless of the support of the citizen at least not directly
considering the capacity of the system**

i want to ask about `としては問われず` i do understand the general meaning but i would
appreciate a more elaborate explaining of this grammatical structure
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grammar meaning syntax
a question about としては問われず
It appears to me that you have ignored the overall structure of this long
sentence. There are three different subjects in this sentence, and the third
one has two predicates. The subject changes when は appears (except the は after
直接的な制度として, which is contrastive).

> **日本の国政** は:
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>   * 議院内閣制である。
>

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> **内閣** は:
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>   * 衆議院に信任されていれば存立する。
>

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> **国民の支持・不支持** は:
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>   * 直接的な制度としては問われない。
>   * 4年以内に行われる衆議院議員総選挙や衆議院議員補欠選挙を通じて間接的に反映されるだけである。
>

As shown above, the subject of 問われず is 国民の支持・不支持. 国民の支持を問う means "to
seek/confirm public support (level)" by a referendum, etc.

> Japan's national government has a parliamentary cabinet system. The cabinet
> can exist just by having the confidence of the House of Representatives.
> People's trust or distrust (in the cabinet) is not questioned, at least
> through a direct system; it is only indirectly reflected through a general
> election or a by-election of the members of the House of Representatives,
> which will be held in 4 years at the latest.

This means that the Japanese system does not have an election to directly
choose the prime minister or his/her cabinet members, nor does it have a means
to directly recall them. See: [Prime Minister of
Japan#Appointment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan#Appointment)
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