success. The KTP didn't advertise their rebel candidates. The man behind the alliances, Esko Luukkonen from Turku, was discharged from all party responsibilities, and he along the KTP Turku district organization later joined the League of Communists. Politics The KTP's platform is rooted in the Brezhnevist tradition of Marxism–Leninism. The KTP has included a critique of the former Soviet Union as part of party ideology since the establishment of the party. Lead members of the KTP have been known to quote Joseph Stalin and use traditional Leninist rhetoric. Party members have also rejected the idea of Eurocommunism. The KTP has shown support for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with KTP party members often praising the leadership of the DPRK's current governing body. Many of Kim Jong-il's writings have been published by the KTP, and KTP members have participated in the . The KTP has been strictly against Finland's participation in the European Union and the adoption of the euro as Finland's currency. KTP party members have been known to boycott European Parliament elections. Organization The KTP holds party congresses in which the official delegates choose the members of the important Central Committee. Little change usually happens. The current chairperson of the party is Mikko Vartiainen. Vartiainen was preceded by Hannu Harju, who became the chairperson in 1997. Harju was preceded by Timo Lahdenmäki. The KTP has been a small party all its history and it currently has some 200 members. The candidates of the KTP in the parliamentary elections have failed to get the attention of voters and the party has managed to gather only a few thousand votes. The KTP has had some local strongholds, like the city of Kemi in northern Finland where Pirkko Ezewuzie was a city council member until the end of the year 2008. The party, with its own candidate lists, has also participated in the elections of some trade unions and co-operatives. The KTP has international contacts even though the party is not a member of any international organization. The Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists has warm relations with the KTP as well as the Nordic Communist Party of Sweden (SKP), Communist Party in Denmark (KPiD) and Communist Party of Norway (NKP). (TKS), which appears fifteen times a year, is the official print publication of the KTP. The current editor-in-chief of TKS is Rauno Lintunen. In the Helsinki