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Chairman Kim Jong Un Guides Sixth Plenum of Seventh WPK Central Democratic People’s Republic of Korea No. 34 (3 122) weekly http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp e-mail:[email protected] Sat, August 22, Juche 109(2020) Chairman Kim Jong Un guides sixth plenum of Seventh WPK Central Committee The Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea has decided to call the Eighth Party Congress at the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Seventh WPK Central Committee. The decision adopted at the plenum said: “Today our Party and people are carrying on the historic task set forth at the Seventh Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea while smashing straight through all the difficulties standing in our advance by organizing and waging an arduous revolutionary struggle. “Through the indomitable struggle for implementing the decision made at the Seventh Congress of the WPK in the past the dignity and position of our state has been remarkably raised, the single-minded unity of the Party and the people further consolidated and a great revolutionary turn made in the building of the Party and its overall activities. “On the other hand, the economy has failed to improve in the face of the persistently severe internal and external situations and unexpected manifold challenges, with the result that many of the planned goals for national economic growth have not yet been attained nor the people’s living standards improved markedly.” It said that the plenary meeting, after analysing and reviewing the experience and lessons drawn from the work in the past five years for building a powerful socialist country, decided to convene the Eighth Congress of the WPK in January 2021 in order to put forward a correct line of struggle and strategic and tactical policies on the basis of the new requirements of our developing revolution and the prevailing situation. The agenda items of the Eighth Congress will include the review of the work of the WPK Central Committee, that of the work of the WPK Central Auditing Commission, the revision of the rules of the WPK and the election of the Party’s central leadership body, it said. A delegate with the right to vote to the Congress will be elected from among every 1 300 Party members and one delegate with the right to speak from among every 1 300 probationary Party members, it added. SEE PAGE 2 Page 2 Sat, August 22, Juche 109(2020) FROM PAGE 1 Upon authorization of the of the Party and to discuss and decide construction and in strengthening the Political Bureau of the Party Central on the strategic tasks facing the Party Party by making sure that all the sectors Plenum: Seventh WPK CC meets Committee, Chairman Kim Jong Un and the government in the new stage and units including Party organizations presided over the plenum and made a of struggle in the crucial period of the and government and military organs at The Sixth Plenary Meeting of historic speech. Korean revolution. all levels review their work in time and the Seventh Central Committee of In the speech he analysed the He referred to the need to convene the on a regular basis, positively promote, the Workers’ Party of Korea took subjective and objective environments Party congress, the supreme guidance expand and develop good results, and place at the office building of the this year in which the country organ of the Party, on a regular basis promptly overcome shortcomings Central Committee of the WPK on faced unexpected and unavoidable in order to confirm the line and and take corrective measures, so Wednesday. challenges in different aspects and the strategic and tactical measures for that they would not deviate from the Kim Jong Un, chairman of the situation in the region surrounding the steering the development of the times implementation of the Party’s basic Workers’ Party of Korea and also Korean peninsula, and assessed the and the revolution, and adjust and lines, policies and decisions. supreme leader of the state and achievements and mistakes that have reinforce the Party leadership body He called on all the participants to armed forces of the DPRK, guided been made in the work of the Party and for guaranteeing their execution, and greet the Eighth Congress with high the plenary meeting. the state for the past four years since indicated the important guidelines political zeal and shining feats of The plenum was attended by the historic Seventh Party Congress. for the running of the congress. labour by simultaneously pushing the members and alternate members of The Supreme Leader, based on data, He said that the Eighth Congress development and strengthening of the WPK Central Committee and made a detailed report on the goals would review this year’s work and the the internal potentials and the motive members of the Party Central Auditing achieved by different economic sectors work of the Party Central Committee force for development as required Commission. in this year, the final year in attaining in the period under review and set by the frontal offensive to achieve Officials of departments of the Party the goals of the five-year strategy for forth a new five-year plan for national a breakthrough and the major tasks Central Committee were present as national economic development set economic development including the set forth at Party Political Bureau observers. forth at the Seventh Party Congress, orientation of work for next year. meetings held this year. The meeting discussed as the major in particular, and analysed the results. Noting that the Eighth Congress The Supreme Leader read out a draft agenda the issue of convening the He said that the Political Bureau of should become a congress of decision of the Sixth Plenary Meeting Eighth Congress of the WPK in order the Party Central Committee suggested struggle, a working congress and a of the Seventh Central Committee of to set forth a new line of struggle convening the Eighth Congress congress making a comprehensive the WPK on convening the Eighth and strategic and tactical policies in of the WPK in order to conduct a review of Party work, he specified Party Congress. keeping with the requirements of the comprehensive, three-dimensional and the agenda items to be discussed at The plenum decided to convene developing Korean revolution and anatomical analysis and review of the the congress and the issues arising in the Eighth Congress of the WPK in the changed situation and to further deviations and shortcomings that were the preparations for it. January 2021. strengthen the Party organizationally revealed in the work for implementing He stressed the need to achieve new and ideologically. the decisions of the Seventh Congress progress in advancing the revolution and KCNA-THE PYONGYANG TIMES Participants in Party plenum pay homage to great leaders The participants in the Sixth Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and Plenary Meeting of the Seventh paid high tribute to them. Central Committee of the Workers’ At the halls of immortality where Party of Korea visited the Kumsusan the President and the Chairman are Palace of the Sun on Wednesday preserved in their lifetime appearance evening to pay homage to President they made a deep bow to them, pledging Kim Il Sung and Chairman themselves to remain faithful to the Kim Jong Il. revolution to the last by defending Members of the Party’s central socialism of Juche, the patriotic legacy leadership body laid a basket of bequeathed by the great leaders. flowers in the name of the WPK Central Committee at the statues of KCNA Sat, August 22, Juche 109(2020) Page 3 GUIDE TO VICTORY AND GLORY Holding fast to the people-first principle The history of the Workers’ its revolutionary leadership it held in high esteem like the for overcoming them. frontal offensive for achieving Party of Korea is a proud went among the people first, great leaders the essence of All lines and policies of the a breakthrough of this year course in which it has taken lent an ear to their simple and Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, WPK are directed towards consistent with selfless, devoted responsibility for the destiny of honest opinions and gathered the guiding ideology of the bringing smile and happiness to efforts for the good of the people the people and led the Korean inexhaustible courage in their Party and state of the DPRK, the people. and taken a series of measures to revolution along the road of sincere support whenever it was formulated as the people- The WPK Chairman ensure the safety of the people victory. faced a grave situation and had first principle, the idea on continues to follow the road against the spread of the global President Kim Il Sung and to set the course of advance. applying the President- and of making selfless, devoted epidemic. Chairman Kim Jong Il built the For the WPK, it has been its Chairman-style view on the efforts for the good of the The recent 16th Political WPK as a revolutionary party top priority and duty to take full people emerged and the slogan people with the noble view on Bureau meeting of the Seventh which works for the people responsibility for their political “Everything for the people and life that even if he is spread as WPK Central Committee together with them. integrity and look after their everything by relying on them!” grains of sand on the road for discussed and decided on the The aggressive forces material and cultural life, which has become the fundamental the good of the people, he does important issues of repairing the obsessed with a wild ambition it has never neglected even a principle and mode of Party not wish for anything better flood damage as early as possible to dominate the world forced moment.
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