윤기섭의 대한민국임시의정원 참여와 활동

Abstract

Since his exile in West Jiandao to establish the base for the Korean independence movement in 1911, Yoon, Gi-seob established Sinheung military academy and cultivated a large number of men of talent in the military sector for 10 years, and made every possible effort to realize the armed struggle against Japanese imperialism from his crossing into China in 1920 till the Japanese defeat as a state minister of the Korean interim government and a member of the Korean interim National Assembly. Such activities after 1920 were conducted chiefly as a member of the National Assembly. The interim National Assembly was the mother that produced the Korean interim government in Shanghai and played the role of a legislative organ establishing a constitution which was the legal basis for the administration of the Korean interim government. As he participated in the seventh session of the interim National Assembly as a representative of West Jiando, he started his parliamentary activities and had chaired the meeting of the legislature. He who was named the seventh chairman of the legislature during the session of the National Representative Meeting in 1923 made a parliamentary democrat’s appearance adjusting internal discord and different opinions in the legislature. He participated in the campaign of the National Sole Party which spread in all parts of China as well as at home in the middle of 1920s, and started to organize an independent party with nationalists including the figures in the interim government and formed the Korea Independence Party in January, 1930. And then, he moved his field of activity to Nanjing and formed the Korea Revolutionary Party with Shin, Ik-hee in January, 1932 and served as its chairman. Although he formed a political party separate from the Korea Independence Party which was considered as the only ruling party in the interim government, he did not become estranged from the legislature (interim government). He actively participated in the meetings of the legislature as the head of the Korea Revolutionary Party in order to unify the independence movement front. In 1934 he merged the Korea Revolutionary Party with the Korea Independence Party in Manchuria and formed the New Korea Independence Party (Shinhandokribdang). Through the formation of the New Korea Independence Party, the first outcome, that is, the unification of the driving forces for the independence movement within the jurisdiction of China and in Manchuria was achieved. As he rendered services to political party activity, he paid no attention to participation to the National Assembly. According to the tentative rules of the legislature, the members of the legislature who didn’t participate in the meeting within 2 weeks from the opening of the session without reason automatically were dismissed from their post. Therefore he lost his assembly seat on the 2nd of November, 1935. As he formed the Korea Revolutionary Party and merged it with the Korea Independence Party that moved into the jurisdiction of China from Manchuria and formed the New Korea Independence Party, he emerged as one of important leaders in the political parties for the independence movement. As the activities of the political party was carried out in the legislature, it was a pity that he couldn’t continue his parliamentary activities after the foundation of the National Revolutionary Party in 1935, however, as the result of the political parties’ active parliamentary activities in 1930s, the interim National Assembly could form a unified parliament in Chungching in 1940s and realized a multiparty system that many political parties participated in the government administration, and could lay the foundation for the development of Korea’s democratic form of government.