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The Party ‘commands’ the state, while the Chairman
‘commands’ the Party. This is the basic principle
that is observed throughout North Korea regime. The
SPA (Supreme People’s Assembly), as the representative
of the people, is the vehicle through which the
Party carries out its decisions. Therefore, the
SPA is the highest political body in North Korea. The
SPA appoints key government officials such as the
Premier to carry out actual administrative duties.
As, in principle, power is not centralized in the
President or the Cabinet, the regime may be regarded
as an ‘Assembly State’. The former Soviet Union
and China both followed this model.
Although the SPA is supposedly the highest political
body in North Korea, the SPA is ‘commanded’ by the
Party, which is in turn ‘commanded’ by the Chairman.
Therefore, regardless of the title by which the
Chairman is addressed, he is the de facto commander-in-chief
of the entire state in political, defense, diplomatic,
national security, economic, industrial, commercial,
social, cultural, and artistic matters. Therefore,
the core of North Korea regime is the Party, of which
the Chairman is the ‘commander’. |
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