What passes for national policy is the sum of various ministerial interests, often conflicting or redundant, with jealously guarded turfs and budgets.

• 审议通过的国家政策是那些不同政党利益的总和，而它们之间却往往相互矛盾或多余过剩，不同政党之间为了地盘和预算而彼此猜忌。