The World - News from Aug. 26, 1986
South Korea’s major political parties formally presented their rival blueprints for amending the constitution and revising the setup of the government to a special committee of the National Assembly. The version proposed by the ruling Democratic Justice Party suggested a parliamentary Cabinet system under which the president is ceremonial head of state while the prime minister holds all executive powers.
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