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South Korea The Democratic Republican Party
In the meantime, the country underwent a brisk process of
political realignment. Although Park had organized and headed the
Democratic Republican Party in 1963 to mobilize mass support
behind his regime, by 1972 he had discarded it when he imposed
the yusin constitution. As a result, the DRP had only a
nominal existence at the time of Park's death. It was incumbent
upon the new president of the DRP, Kim Chong-p'il, to revive the
party. The DRP had suffered a disastrous loss in the December
1978 National Assembly elections. This situation led to a call
for "rectification" (chongp'ung) within the party, which
meant removing certain top leaders who had attracted notoriety
for illicit wealth and undemocratic political behavior.
Data as of June 1990
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