South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday proposed amending the country’s constitution to allow for multiple presidential terms, citing difficulties in maintaining consistent policies over issues like North Korea.

The Presidency in South Korea is currently limited to one, five-year term, a measure originally added to the constitution in 1987 after decades of military dictatorship.

“The constitution on a five-year single term presidency may have been appropriate in the past during democratization… But now it has turned into a jacket that does not fit,” President Park said while addressing parliament in Seoul, in comments carried by AFP.

Park added that