Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Votes in Election of SPA Deputies and Encourages Workers at Chonsong Youth Coal Mine
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK took place at all the constituencies across the country on March 15 when the whole country was overflowing with the people's joy and excitement of greeting the historic day which would serve as an occasion to further consolidate the people-centered socialist system of Korean style and provide a powerful sovereign guarantee for the comprehensive development of the state.
When the respected Comrade
He was courteously greeted by Ri Kyong Chol, chief secretary of the South Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK, and leading officials of the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-mining Complex and the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine.
Accompanying him were Kim Jae Ryong, Ri Il Hwan, Kim Tok Hun and Kim Yo Jong, senior officials of the Party and the government.
He met and had a conversation with Jo. He warmly encouraged Jo, hoping that Jo would faithfully discharge his responsibility and duty as a genuine representative of the people, a person directly engaged in sovereign activities and a political activist, deeply mindful that the trust and expectation of the coal miners and residents there mean the earnest requests of the country and the people.
Then he made a historic important speech to the voters of the coal mine.
All the participants were deeply moved by the passionate speech of
When
He learned about the conditions and production of the coal mine.
Underscoring again the importance of the coal industry's mission and role in ensuring the stable and sustained development of the national economy, he said that to shore up the coal front is a keystone of strategic significance not only in fulfilling the new five-year plan but also in developing the country in a forward-looking way.
He said that just as it is necessary to raise good crops for the living of the people, it is needed to increase the coal production for the running of a state. He stressed that the Party and the state should attach importance to the production of coal, the food of industry, and increase the state investment to it. He added that to build the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine into a standard one, where the mechanization and informatization of the work inside its pits are realized, is a starting point of the long-term project to transform the material and technical foundations of all the coal mines across the country and the working conditions of coal miners.
Whenever he looked back upon the arduous journey of our victorious struggle, he first thought of the unknown efforts of coal miners and always felt thankful for them, he said, adding that we should spare nothing for the coal miners. And he affirmed that it is the firm determination of the Party Central Committee to turn all the coal-mining villages into modern and cultural villages and towns during its ninth term, just like the Komdok area which has been ideally transformed in recent years, and that short-, medium- and long-term strategy for realizing it will be discussed at an earlier date.
That day,
At the end of the photo session, the participants again broke into enthusiastic cheers, looking up to
Warmly encouraging the coal miners full of great excitement,
The workers of the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine, deeply moved by strong passion and affection, warm love and trust of the great father, firmly pledged to demonstrate their absolute support for the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK through patriotic efforts for increased coal production and reliably guarantee the prosperity and development of the DPRK, bearing deeper in mind the honorable sense of obligation of defending the outpost for the development of the self-supporting economy.