Democratic People's Republic of Korea
8th Congress of Workers' Party of Korea Sets Ambitious Program
The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held in
Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from January 5
to 12. Attending the Congress were 4,750 delegates, including 1,455
industrial workers and farmers, and 10 per cent were women. There were also
2,000 observers.
 Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of the DPRK, presented the Report on
the work of the Central Committee of the WPK since the previous congress in 2016, which was
thoroughly discussed.
In
his presentation, Kim Jong Un stressed that in the period of five years
since the 7th Congress, even taking into account the difficulties and
setbacks, the successes of the WPK in its revolutionary struggle
and construction work are no small matter. "During the period under
review our internal force was further expanded and strengthened, and
the external prestige of the country was raised remarkably. This is a clear signal that a new period of new upsurge, a
period of gigantic transformation, has arrived for socialist
construction," Kim Jong Un said. "The Central Committee of our Party
made it clear at home and abroad that it would make this Congress a
congress for work, struggle and progress," he added.
The Report consisted of four sections:
1. Achievements Made in the Period under Review;
2. For an Epoch-making Advance in Socialist Construction;
3. For Independent Reunification of the Country and Development of External Relations; and
4. For Development of Party Work.
After the presentation on the work since the 7th Congress, many
delegates spoke to the Report. The Congress also elected the new
Central Committee and elected Kim Jong Un as General Secretary of the
WPK. It adopted amendments to the Party Constitution and received the
report of the Audit Commission. The
Congress then solemnly and unanimously adopted the
resolution "On Consistent Implementation of the Tasks Outlined in the
Report of the WPK Central Committee."
General Secretary Kim Jong Un delivered the closing address. He
appreciated the revolutionary enthusiasm of the Party and people, and
thanked all Party members, people and service
personnel for placing their trust in him. He said that the 8th Congress
had formulated an immediate plan for the struggle to open up a fresh
period of upsurge, a period of great changes in
the revolution and construction, and that it had revealed important
issues which had arisen in the development of the Party, and had
sincerely discussed them. He expressed confidence that
the strategy and politics of the Congress would be successfully
implemented.
Saying that everyone should be ready for a more difficult offensive
in making a head-on breakthrough so as to win victory afresh and make
progress in accomplishing the cause of
socialism, Kim Jong Un passionately appealed to everyone to be more
dynamic in struggling to successfully fulfil the program advanced at
the 8th Congress, in developing the WPK and for
the victorious advance of the revolutionary cause of Juche and putting
the interests of the people of the DPRK at the centre of all
achievements.
The Congress came to a close on January 12 with a performance of
"The International." Following its successful conclusion, the 4th
Session of the Supreme People's Assembly was
convoked on January 17, at which Premier Kim Tok Hun called for
thoroughly carrying out the five-year plan for national economic
development set out in the WPK Congress, outlining
some of the necessary key tasks to accomplish this. The
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) sent a message of
greetings to the Congress and a message of congratulations to Kim Jong
Un on his election to the post of General Secretary of the Central
Committee. CPC(M-L) expressed its confidence that the decisions taken
by the Congress will guide the Party, the State and the People to
further overcome the effects of the brutal sanctions regime
imposed by the U.S. imperialists, which Canada also enforces, while they
also further the cause of peace on the Korean Peninsula and for the
reunification of the Korean nation. The results the Korean people have
achieved in building a prosperous nation on the basis of self-reliance
are remarkable. They show many things in terms of the activation of the
human factor/social consciousness and innovations in the use of science
and technology in a manner which serves the people. Of great
significance, they show the potential energy which lies within
humanity's striving to exercise control over all aspects of living. 
January 14, 2021. Celebrations following successful
conclusion of the 8th WPK Congress.
This article was published in
Volume 51 Number 5 - February 21, 2021
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/Tmlm2021/Articles/MS51051.HTM
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