Tuesday 2 December 2014

Speech to joint JISGE-NCP seminar on November 20th on "Let Us Hold Great Comrade Kim Jong Il in High Esteem as General Secretary of Our Party Forever and Successfully Accomplish the Revolutionary Cause of Juche"

                In April 2012 the dear respected leader Marshal KIM JONG UN , a distinguished thinker and theoretician published the work “Let Us Hold Great Comrade Kim Jong Il in High Esteem as General Secretary of Our Party Forever and Successfully Accomplish the Revolutionary Cause of Juche". This work was a speech to Senior officials of the Central Committee of Workers' Party of Korea. It was made shortly before the 4th Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea which elected the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL as the eternal general secretary of the WPK and also before the session of the Supreme People's Assembly that elected great generalissimo KIM JONG IL as eternal chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK , the highest office of state of the DPRK. It should be added that the speech was made just before the momentous celebrations of the of the centenary of the birth of the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG (which we participated in ) and some 5 months after the passing away of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL. We can remember the 4th Conference of the WPK elected the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL as eternal general secretary and the events such as the unveiling of the new statue of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL on the Mansu Hill.
This work of dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN basically addresses the issue of continuing the revolutionary cause , that is the revolutionary cause of Juche , the casuse of Songun (army-first policy ) . As such it s a work of weighty importance explains why the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL is the eternal general secretary of the WPK and clearly defines KIMILSUNGISM-KIMJONGILISM the revolutionary ideology guiding the Korean revolution.
In this work dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN put forward the idea of having the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL as the Eternal general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. This was not to be a symbolic gesture but actually to reflect the will and faith of the members of the WPK and Korean people to always follow the road charted by the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL and to hold him in high esteem . The great leader comrade KIM JONG IL led was the helm of the Workers' Party of Korea for several decades and led the DPRK through many challenges . As a result of his leadership the DPRK was able to conclude victoriously the 'Arduous march' and Forced March and the DPRK became a satellite launching nation and a nuclear power.
Having the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL as eternal general secretary of the WPK and eternal chairman of the NDC means that the lines and ideas of the revolution are continued unaltered . Dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN says
We should hold the General up invariably as the General Secretary of our Party.

To hold him in high esteem as the eternal General Secretary of our Party is, in principle, a demand for consistently holding fast to his ideology and lines and advancing our revolutionary cause victoriously.

Holding him up as the eternal General Secretary of the WPK is never symbolic in itself. It means having him at the post of General Secretary of the Party invariably and conducting Party building and Party activities in accordance with his ideology and intention.

His ideology and lines are the permanent guiding principles for our Party and revolution and ever-victorious banners whose justness and vitality have been proved through the practice of the revolution. Separated from them, the victorious advance and accomplishment of the cause of our revolution are inconceivable. If our Party is to lead the Korean revolution along the road of victory and glory as it did in the past, it should hold the General in high esteem as its eternal General Secretary and strictly adhere to and thoroughly implement his ideology and lines.

The above passage explains why the Korean people uphold the great leader generalissimo
KIM JONG IL as the eternal general secretary of the WPK. It basically reflects the demand for the continuation of the revolution and the line of Juche and Songun . It is basically a declaration of sticking to the road of Juche forever . Great generalissimo KIM JONG IL himself declared “Expect No Change From Me “ after the great leader President KIM IL SUNG passed away . This work of dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN also clarifies that there will be no change in the line of the Korean revolution . This dealt a shattering blow to the imperialist reactionaries who had hoped for some kind of "change" in the WPK and even "opening up" and "reform". Now under the wise leadership of dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un the WPK and Korean people are cementing the monolithic ideological system of KIMILSUNGISM-KIMJONGILSM.
In this work the dear respected leader Marshal Kim Jong Un gave a brilliant exposition of the concept of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism . He showed that Kimilsungism -Kimjongilism is a map and at the same time a guiding compass for the Korean revolution charting the way to final victory of the Korean revolution.
As the respected leader Marshal KIM JONG UN gives the following clear and lucid definition

"Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is an integral system of the idea, theory and method of Juche, and a great revolutionary ideology representative of the Juche era. Guided by Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, we should conduct Party building and Party activities, so as to sustain the revolutionary character of our Party and advance the revolution and construction in line with the ideas and intentions of the President and the General.
Imbuing the whole society with Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is the highest programme of our Party. It is a revolutionary inheritance of the imbuing of the whole society with Kimilsungism and its development onto a new, higher stage.".

So is defined in crystal clear terms as integrating the idea , theory and method of the Juche idea and being a great revolutionary ideology of the Juche era. Dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN rightly says that the WPK must always follow the road of KIMILSUNGISM-KIMJONGILISM and make it as an invariable and absolute guideline forever. He puts forward a number of tasks for doing this.

Firstly, dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN stresses that
We should continuously develop the WPK into the eternal, glorious party
of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

In order to do this the ideology of KIMILSUNGISM-KIMJONGILISM must be adhered without deviation and the monolithic leadership of the party more firmly established . Dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN warns against those who seek to undermine the single-hearted unity of the DPRK and WPK saying
Now that the enemy resorts to every conceivable scheme to check the pure-hearted aspiration of our people who follow their Party and alienate the Party from them, we should further intensify education of the people and, at the same time, wage a positive struggle to foil the enemy’s moves. “
He also makes reference later to the task of eliminating non-socialist elements from society
The effort to build a thriving socialist country is accompanied by a serious class struggle to eliminate all that are hostile and non-socialist.”

This is a brilliant exposition of a basic truth , as taught by the great leaders President KIM IL SUNG and general KIM JONG IL that class struggle continues under socialism . This is an important
lesson as former socialist countries failed to carry out the class struggle .

Respected Marshal KIM JONG UN gave tasks to strengthen the work of defence , pointing
out that “Songun means our independence, dignity and lifeblood” . This is a very apt expression of the very essence of the Songun idea .


Dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN is leading the struggle for building a thriving socialist country under the banner of KIMILSUNGISM-KIMJONGILISM true to the behests of the great
leader comrade KIM JONG IL.

Dermot Hudson
Chairman JISGE

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