Public discontent with Mr Lee and low approval ratings for his Grand National Party (GNP) have emboldened the opposition.

公众不满于李先生的表现，以及他所在的大国家党(GNP)支持率低迷使反对派更趋大胆。

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After all, Kim Young Sam headed the New Korea Party, once the main ruling party until it morphed into the Grand National Party (GNP), which Lee represented in the 1997 election.

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They have boycotted parliamentary committee meetings to protest against a bill to ratify a free-trade agreement with America, and have disrupted the National Assembly by leaving their seats to heckle and scuffle with members of Mr Lee's Grand National Party (GNP).

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