Is this seat being chased, or is the person in it being chased from it?


In my JLPT textbook, I have this sentence:

> 彼{かれ}は国民{こくみん}の信頼{しんらい}を裏切{うらぎ}った。それゆえに、権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}を追{お}われることとなったのである。

I think this sentence means, "He betrayed the trust of the people. As a
result, it was the case that he was chased out of his seat of power." "Seat of
power" may be overly literal, it's probably more like his seat in the Diet or
something, but that's not the part I'm concerned with.

It's the `権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}を追{お}われること` part. From the overall context of the
sentence, I'm guessing the guy was chased **from** the seat. But, from the
grammar, because of the `を` particle that points directly to the chair, it
feels like it _should_ mean the seat itself had been chased.

Am I right that it means the guy was chased from the chair? If so, why does
`座{ざ}を追{お}われる` not mean the chair got chased? If I'm wrong about the meaning,
then what does it mean?




If the chair was chased, the phrase would be `権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}が追{お}われる`
passively or `権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}を追{お}う` actively.

Back to the question, this `を` particle means `from`. I guess you have no
problem with `東京{とうきょう}を離{はな}れる` (move away from Tokyo). Another grammatically
correct phrase is `権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}を離{はな}れる` (move away from the seat).

Actually, you can say `東京{とうきょう}を追{お}われる` for being chased away from Tokyo.
Analogously, you can say `権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}を追{お}われる`. For me, the best way to
understand the phrase in question is, seeing `追{お}われる` as a substitute for
`離{はな}れる` or `去{さ}る` (leave).




If the chair was chased, the phrase would be `権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}が追{お}われる`
passively or `権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}を追{お}う` actively.

Back to the question, this `を` particle means `from`. I guess you have no
problem with `東京{とうきょう}を離{はな}れる` (move away from Tokyo). Another grammatically
correct phrase is `権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}を離{はな}れる` (move away from the seat).

Actually, you can say `東京{とうきょう}を追{お}われる` for being chased away from Tokyo.
Analogously, you can say `権力{けんりょく}の座{ざ}を追{お}われる`. For me, the best way to
understand the phrase in question is, seeing `追{お}われる` as a substitute for
`離{はな}れる` or `去{さ}る` (leave).

