Park's overthrow of the government by force lacked legitimacy.

These religious fanatics are no Cromwells and lack political legitimacy.

Now, with the interim government that has come to power lacking due legitimacy, there are even more problems.

Democratic Congressional leaders did the same, brushing aside the notion that a president elected without a popular majority would lack legitimacy.

"It can't serve anyone's interest to have a president who lacks popular legitimacy."

This is the latest saga of a government that lacks legitimacy.

Obviously, having established that the war does not have the backing of the United Nations, it can be said to lack legitimacy.

Without widespread public support the European Union will lack popular legitimacy for what it is doing.

The court will lack legitimacy if it is subject to the political control of the five permanent members.

But without a majority of people behind them, all of these Arab regimes lack legitimacy.