The Third Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Sunday.
The seats on the platform were taken by Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the SPA, and Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee.
Also seen there was Premier Kim Jae Ryong, member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and member of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK.
The opening address was made by Pak Thae Song, speaker of the SPA.
The session decided the following agenda items: Adoption of the DPRK laws on recycling, online education and provision of living conditions for discharged officers, the work of the Cabinet for 2019 and its tasks for 2020, the results of the implementation of the state budget for 2019 and the state budget for 2020, and the organizational matter.
The session decided the following agenda items: Adoption of the DPRK laws on recycling, online education and provision of living conditions for discharged officers, the work of the Cabinet for 2019 and its tasks for 2020, the results of the implementation of the state budget for 2019 and the state budget for 2020, and the organizational matter.
He referred to the importance and significance of the laws to be discussed and adopted at the session in providing a legal guarantee for ensuring the sustainable development of the economy by relying on domestic efforts, technology and resources, further promoting the development of education and firmly establishing an atmosphere of attaching importance to military affairs throughout society in line with the requirements of the times, and explained the chapters of the laws, before laying them before the SPA.
The ordinances of the SPA on adopting the laws on recycling, online education and provision of living conditions for discharged officers were adopted with unanimous approbation.
There was a discussion based on an in-depth study of the reports on the fourth and fifth agenda items.
The speakers said that the work of the Cabinet and the implementation of the state budget for last year were correctly reviewed, and the tasks of the Cabinet for this year were clearly set and the state budget was properly drawn up in the direction of implementing the decisions adopted at the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the WPK and the joint resolution adopted at the meeting of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, as they expressed full support for and approval of them.
They also analysed and reviewed the successes, experience, mistakes and lessons made and obtained in the work of their sectors and units last year and referred to the ways to open up a new broad avenue to socialist construction and prop up the self-supporting economic giant.
The session adopted the SPA decision on approving the report on the work of the Cabinet and the implementation of the state budget for Juche 108(2019) and the SPA ordinance on state budget for Juche 109(2020).
The session discussed the sixth item on the agenda.
At the proposal made by Choe Ryong Hae, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission and president of the Presidium of the SPA, upon authorization of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, Choe Pu Il and No Kwang Chol were recalled from the membership of the commission.
Ri Su Yong, Thae Jong Su and Ri Yong Ho were also recalled from the commission.
Ri Pyong Chol, Kim Hyong Jun, Kim Jong Gwan, Ri Son Gwon and Kim Jong Ho were elected to the commission to fill vacancies.
Upon authorization of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, Ko Kil Son was by-elected as secretary general of the SPA Presidium and Kim Yong Hwan as member of the SPA Presidium.
Members of the Cabinet were newly appointed.
Upon authorization of the WPK Central Committee, Yang Sung Ho was appointed as vice-premier, Kim Chol Su as minister of Natural Resources Development, Kim Jong Nam as minister of Machine-building Industry and Ri Song Hak as minister of Light Industry.
Chairmen of the sectoral committees of the SPA were recalled and by-elected.
Kim Jong Ho was by-elected as chairman of the Legislation Committee, Kim Tok Hun as chairman of the Budget Committee and Kim Hyong Jun as chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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