SEOUL, October 09 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to root out acts that damage the authority of the Workers' Party of Korea, warning that such behavior must be "identified and eliminated." His remarks came on Wednesday, a day before the 80th anniversary of the party’s founding, during a visit to the Party Founding Museum in Pyongyang.
According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim said the party's longevity — the longest in the history of socialist movements — stems from its commitment to ideological and leadership unity. "The fundamental secret to our Party's long rule lies in directing everything toward ensuring the unity of its thought and leadership," he said.
Kim said the WPK had strengthened itself through a series of internal "self-purification" campaigns, including "the struggle against factions" that began after the Korean War. He said those movements allowed the party to become "a more combative and leading political organization."
He also called for tighter discipline among officials. "We must identify and eliminate all elements and acts that damage the Party's leadership authority," Kim said, stressing the need to establish "strict discipline and a healthy climate of order" within the organization. He urged senior cadres to wipe out "ignorance, incompetence, irresponsibility, self-protection, formalism, expediency, and abuses of power" that harm socialism and the people's trust.
Kim added that officials carry "a very heavy and important responsibility" in what he described as a new stage of national development. "When we look at our ideals and goals, we must change at a much faster speed than now," he said. "We must boldly and devotedly transform every field, every sector, and every region within the next ten years."
KCNA called Kim’s remarks a "significant and immortal revolutionary program" that sets the direction for the next decade of party and state policy.
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Park Sae-jin
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