There was Pyongyang city army-people rally at Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 15 to extend the greatest glory to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un on his election as general secretary of the WPK and to vow to thoroughly carry out the decision made at the 8th Congress of the WPK.
Choe Ryong Hae, Ri Pyong Chol and Kim Tok Hun took the platform.
Also taking the platform were leading officials of the Party and the government and leading officials of commissions, ministries, national institutions and Party and administrative organs in Pyongyang, workers of meritorious services and officials of armed forces organs.
Present at the rally were officials of commissions, ministries and national institutions, officials and workers of institutions and industrial establishments and cooperative farms in Pyongyang and officers and men of the Korean People's Army and the Public Security Forces.
Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, made a speech.
He said that it was an eruption of the absolute trust and deep loyalty of all the Party members and all other Korean people and a great auspicious revolutionary event that provided a sure guarantee for the victory of our style socialism and promised its bright future that Kim Jong Un was elected as the head of the WPK again at its historic 8th Congress.
He extended the greatest glory and the warmest congratulations to Kim Jong Un, the great leader of our Party and people, in reflection of the ardent loyalty of all the Party members, people and officers and men of the KPA.
He stressed that the officials, Party members, working people and officers and men of the KPA should thoroughly arm themselves with the main idea and main spirit of the 8th Congress of the WPK and bring about substantial success and progress in the socialist construction with redoubled revolutionary enthusiasm.
He strongly appealed to all to turn out in implementing the decision made at the 8th Congress of the WPK, rallied close around the Party Central Committee in single mind and intention, in order to win greater victory in the socialist cause and to bring earlier the new era when the people's ideal and desire will be brought into full bloom.
Taking the floor were Vice-Premier Yang Sung Ho, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Yong Hwan, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and chief secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the WPK, and KPA General Kim Kwang Hyok.
The speakers spoke about the immense pride and happiness of our people of invariably holding peerlessly great man Kim Jong Un in high esteem at the top post representing and leading the WPK again.
The most important revolutionary task in implementing the decision made at the Party Congress is to shore up the country's economy as early as possible and bring about substantial improvement in people's living, they said, expressing their pledge to meticulously organize economic operation and command and achieve renovation, development and substantial change that can be felt by the people, in line with the intention of the Party which set forth self-reliance and self-sufficiency as the main seed and theme of the new five-year plan for national economic development.
They called on Party members in the capital to become core and vanguard fighters and create the new Pyongyang spirit, Pyongyang speed in the struggle for opening up the new period of great surge and gigantic change of our revolution and to channel the force of the Party work into stabilizing and improving the people's standard of living.
They said that the People's Army will fulfill its sacred mission and duty before the Party and the revolution as the revolutionary armed forces of the WPK and main force for defending the country and driving force of the revolution and thus uphold the leadership of the Party Central Committee with loyalty.
They said that all the Party members in the capital city, other people and service personnel of the KPA would uphold Kim Jong Un with loyalty and make devoted efforts to implement the decision made at the Party Congress true to the noble ideas of "The people are my God", single-minded unity and self-reliance and thus surely bring about new period of prosperity of Pyongyang heralding the prosperity of the socialist country.
Then there was mass demonstration.
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