It is a basic feature of all communist states that the party is the ultimate source of poitical power.
That is to say that, in a communist regime, the state and its organs merely execute the policies that the party makes on behalf of the party.
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It is a basic feature of all communist states that the party is the ultimate source of poitical power.
That is to say that, in a communist regime, the state and its organs merely execute the policies that the party makes on behalf of the party.
Such a power structure, which operates with the communist party as its nucleus and pinnacle, finds its theoretical and practical justification in the assertion that the dictatorship of the proletariat is inevitable.
In North Korea, Kin Il-Sung's one-man dictatorship was firmly established with the promulgation of the new "socialist" Constitution by the First Plenum of the 5th Supreme People's Assembly held from December 25 through 28, 1972.
As a result of the new Constitution, Kim was able to accomplish a formal monopoly of political power in North Korea by assuming all important positions in the Party and the state.
The Korean Worker's Party is highly centralized bureaucratic body.
Although there is the Party Congress at the tip of the pyramid like power structure in North Korea, the ultimate power for making policy decisions is held by the Political Committee and its Secretariat.
The central Committee has the following functions: (1) to establish Party lines and policies and to supervise their execution, (2) to organize Party Committees of various levels and to supervise and inspect their activities, (3) to organize and supervise Party organs of various levels and to supervise and inspect administrative and economic activities, and (4) to strengthen the ranks of the Party cadres and to prepare the reserve for the Party cadres.
The Central People's committee was newly established because there was a need for a mechanism to connect the party and the administration in order to effectively control both the formulation and implementation of administrative policies.
That is to say that the Central People's Committee was established so that the party can control, more closely than ever, all the activities of the administration.
The New Constitution guarantees Kim Il-Sung's one-man dictatorship by giving Key positions as follows:
(1) the head of the state representing the state sovereignty;
(2) the chairman of the central People's Committee; and
(3) the chairman of the National Defense Committee. Kim Il-Sung is party Chief, President, and commander-in-Chief of north Korean armed forces.