History of Korean local council
is divided into three phases.
The first phase begins with the enforcement of Specific
Local Autonomy Law on July 4, 1949 to the disorganization
by Military Administration Decree No.4 on May 16, 1961.
The second phase begins with the
enforcement of the Temporary Law about Local Self Government
to its abolishment on April 6, 1988.
The third phase is from the Local
Self Government Law Revision (The Full Text Revision)
till now.
Korean local autonomy system by
the guarantee of the Constitution has experienced 6
revisions, three elections of the council members, and
two elections of the chief of the self-government for
more than 10 years.
It was a tragedy that from
the military coup on May 16, 1961 till the fifth republic,
local autonomy was missing, and centralism became more
pronounced.
The sixth republic, which started 1988 after Roh's Declaration
on June 29, 1987, revised the text of the Local Self
Government Law, abolished the Temporary Law about Local
Self Government, and was supposed to form a local council
until April 3, 1989. Owing to the political circumstances,
the legal deadline was past, but, after the 8th Local
Self Government Law Revision on December 31, 1990, local
council was restored in 1991, and remains.
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