Inactive or defunct Inactive or defunct The Legitimacy Theory of the Provisional Government (Korean: 임시정부 법통론 or 임정법통론; Hanja: 臨時政府 法統論 or 臨政法統論; lit.
The current Constitution of the Republic of Korea, which was finalized and revised in 1987, supports this Legitimism.
[2] According to the KPG Legitimism, the Republic of Korea was founded in 1919, when the Provisional Government was established, not in 1948, when the official South Korean government was established; this view was supported by the Syngman Rhee, and the Korea Democratic Party.
KPG Legitimism became the main basis for right-wing conservative/anti-communist forces who opposed left-wing Government of People's Republic of Korea, which lasted from 1945 to 1946, and later supported the establishment of a conservative/anti-communist government south of the 38th parallel.
[1] In the mid-to-late 20th century, the KPG Legitimism was generally accepted by South Korean anti-communist conservative political forces, but in the 21st century, questions about the KPG Legitimism were raised within conservative political forces, including the New Right Movement.