<P> The Cabinet now has the right to supervise and control the Local People's Committee (LPC) with regard to local economies and administration . As the State Administrative Council (SAC) was replaced by the Cabinet, the Local Administrative and Economic Committee (LAEC) was abolished and its functions regarding local politics transferred to the LPC . </P> <P> A party chief secretary no longer concurrently holds the post of LPC chairman Hyun Seo - yeo, which has been taken over by a former LAEC chairman . Thus, the LPC is theoretically independent of the local party and is under the control of the Cabinet . The status of the LPC as the local executive organ, in principle, became higher than before . </P> <P> The Economist Intelligence Unit listed North Korea in last place as a totalitarian regime in its 2012 Democracy Index assessing 168 countries . </P> <P> North Korea's judiciary is headed by the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which consists of a Chief Justice and two People's Assessors; three judges may be present in some cases . Their terms of office coincide with those of the members of the Supreme People's Assembly . Every court in North Korea has the same composition as the Central Court . The judicial system is theoretically held accountable to the SPA and the Presidium of the SPA when the legislature is not in session . </P>

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