The election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly took place in the DPRK.

All the people and service personnel of the Korean People’s Army took part in the election held amid the grand struggle for attaining the new long-term goals set forth by the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, out of their mind to further consolidate the Korean-style socialist system centred on the popular masses, the cradle of life and home of happiness.

The election was attended by revolutionary forerunners including the war veterans, victors of the great years who have defended the dignity and sovereignty of the DPRK with their ardent patriotism and through heroic struggle decade after decade from the first days of the national liberation.

The officials and employees of the Sangwon Cement Complex said they voted for the candidate who are displaying patriotic devotion for the prosperity of the country, adding that theirs are the genuine country and government for the people.

All parts of the country including the leading metallurgical bases, coalfields in South Phyongan Province and large power-generation bases were filled with the revolutionary enthusiasm of workers for electing representatives of the people.

Those at the Chongsan Farm in Kangso District and the Samjigang Farm in Jaeryong County and all other agricultural workers across the country expressed their determination to devote patriotic sweat and passion to every farm field by carrying forward the soul of the farmers of the preceding generations.

Officials and working people in the fields of education and public health, including Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang Baby Home and Okryu Children’s Hospital voted in the election with the revolutionary enthusiasm to give full play to the advantages of the socialist education system and the people-oriented public health system in the DPRK.

Jon Yong Suk, secretary general of Sub-constituency Election Committee No. 37 of Constituency No. 567 for the election of deputies to the SPA, said that the advantages and democratic character of the election system of the DPRK have been fully demonstrated through the election.

Ryang Il, director of the North Hwanghae Provincial Posts and Telecommunications Management Bureau, and Kim Ju Song, crew leader of a furnace of blast furnace workshop No. 1 at the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex, candidates for deputies, pledged to work devotedly to help achieve the prosperity and development of the country and strengthen the people’s power, always keeping in their mind the trust and expectation of the masses.

KCNA