Political Polarization and Restoration of Representative Democracy

This study is to examine the political polarization problems raised in Korea and to explore ways to improve the representative democracy system. The causes of polarization in Korea can be analyzed in various ways, and as the historical origin, ideological confrontation and regionalism, the form of government that has been operated under the so-called presidential system, the winner-takes-all political system, and social inequality intensified after neoliberalism. In order to overcome political polarization in Korea, efforts have been made to have the general public participate in the nomination of candidates by political parties, improve the legislative process to strengthen the agreement between the ruling and opposition parties of the National Assembly, improve the election system for proportional representation, operate a public debate committee, and introduce a public recall, but the results are not satisfactory. In this study, in order to re-establish representative democracy, it was proposed that the representative agency operate the representative agency in a way that is proportional to the responsibilities of the people. The details are as follows. First, the divisional government can be rather activated depending on the election results. To this end, the dismissal of the Prime Minister and the State Council members of the National Assembly is activated. Second, the term of office of the National Assembly is shortened to two years, and instead, the authority of the National Assembly is strengthened. Third, it is necessary to boldly delete the transcendent position and authority of the presidency that originate from ‘the Yushin Constitution’.