He may be cool to a parliamentary form of government, but he is keen on changing the way assemblymen are chosen.

CNN: THE RETURN OF THE THREE KIMS

Though the two personally rank high in opinion polls, they have not found a way to translate their popularity into power in a parliamentary form of government.

CNN: The Communists come back

Courting the support of Kim Jong Pil, leader of the conservative United Liberal Democrats, Kim had promised to push for a constitutional amendment by the end of this year, replacing the existing powerful presidency with a parliamentary form of government.

CNN: THE RETURN OF THE THREE KIMS