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Twelfth Session of 14th Supreme People's Assembly of DPRK Held

Date: 24/01/2025 | Source: Naenara (En) | Read original version at source

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The Twelfth Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on January 22 and 23.

The session was convened at a historic time when all the people of the country have turned out in the dynamic general advance to glorify 2025 marking the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 80th anniversary of national liberation as a year of eye-opening events and great changes in completing the decisions of the Eighth Party Congress and bringing about a new phase towards a higher development stage, true to the fighting programme set forth at the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK.

Present there were deputies to the SPA and, as observers, officials of the Party Central Committee, the SPA Standing Committee, the Cabinet, ministries, national agencies and armed forces organs and other officials concerned in Pyongyang and local areas.

Taking the platform were Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the SPA Standing Committee, and other senior Party, government and military officials, members of the State Affairs Commission, and vice-chairmen, secretary general and members of the SPA Standing Committee.

The speaker and deputy speakers of the SPA of the DPRK took the chair.

Pak In Chol, speaker of the SPA, made an opening address.

When the session was declared open, the national anthem of the DPRK was played.

The Twelfth Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK brought up the following agenda items:

First, on the review of the work of the DPRK Cabinet for 2024 and its tasks for 2025

Second, on the fulfillment of the state budget of the DPRK for 2024 and the state budget for 2025

Third, on the deliberation and adoption of the law of the DPRK on building-materials industry

Fourth, on the deliberation and adoption of the law of the DPRK on offshore farming

Fifth, on the review of the work of the DPRK Central Court for 2024

Sixth, on the revision of some provisions of the DPRK Socialist Constitution

Seventh, organizational matter

Before discussing the agenda items, the session briefed on the senior officials of government organs appointed at the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Party Central Committee.

Premier Pak Thae Song , on behalf of the Cabinet members, took an oath to remain faithful to the Constitution of the DPRK and live up to the expectations of the Party and the people with absolute devotion.

Deputy Pak Thae Song , premier of the Cabinet, made a report on the first agenda item.

The report analyzed and reviewed in depth the successes, experience and a series of deviations made by the Cabinet last year in the course of organizing and directing the work for implementing the Party's economic policy while concentrating efforts on attaining the 12 major goals for the national economic development. It also set forth detailed sectional tasks to be surely fulfilled this year, the final year for the implementation of the five-year plan.

Speeches were made by deputies Pak Jong Gun, Kim Yu Il, Ri Sang Do, Kim Kwang Nam, Ri Kyong Il, Kim Song Hui, Kim Son Il and Kim Kum Suk.

Those who took the floor expressed their full support to the report submitted to the current SPA session, noting that the 2024 work of the Cabinet was correctly summed up and the main orientation and tasks for the 2025 economic work were indicated in line with the Party's intention to perfectly implement the decisions of the Eighth Party Congress while consolidating the successes made last year, and with the high enthusiasm of all the officials and working people to greet the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK with brilliant labour achievements.

They expressed their determination to make redoubled efforts to successfully carry out the enormous revolutionary tasks facing their sectors and units with the high spirit of serving the Party, the revolution and the people as befitting the officials in the new era of comprehensive national rejuvenation and the representatives of the people.

Many deputies offered constructive opinions on the Cabinet work.

Deputy Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet, made public measures for the raised issues.

The session adopted a decision of the SPA of the DPRK "On approving the report on the work of the DPRK Cabinet".

Deputy Ri Myong Guk , minister of Finance, made a report on the second agenda item.

The session recognized that the state budget for 2024 was fulfilled as planned in the struggle to successfully attain the immediate goals of the five-year plan for the national economic development and that the state budget for 2025 was set up in such a way as to accelerate the significant changes in the national defence capabilities, to successfully fulfill the five-year plan by concentrating investment on major sectors of the national economy so that they could display the might of the self-supporting economy, and to ensure the improvement of the people's living standards and the comprehensive development in all the sectors of socialist construction including science, education, public health and culture.

The session adopted with unanimous approval a decision of the DPRK SPA "On approving the fulfillment of the state budget of the DPRK for 2024" and an ordinance of the DPRK SPA "On the state budget of the DPRK for 2025".

Deputy Kang Yun Sok, vice-chairman of the SPA Standing Committee, made a report on the third and fourth agenda items.

Saying that the new draft laws, worked out to meet the requirements of the times when a great heyday of construction was opened up and a new turning point was made for the development of offshore farming under the wise guidance of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un , stipulate the principled issues arising in laying a solid foundation for building-materials production and manufacturing quality building-materials of various kinds and the practical issues arising in the creation of offshore farms and production and treatment of products of sea culture, the reporter explained the contents of each chapter.

The SPA Standing Committee submitted the draft law of the DPRK on building-materials industry and the draft law of the DPRK on offshore farming for deliberation at the current SPA session, in accordance with Article 95 of the Socialist Constitution.

Deputies So Jong Jin, Choe Yong Man, Yun Jae Hyok, Choe Yong Bo, Song Chun Sop, Kim Chol Bom, Jon Chang Guk and Kim Chol Yong made speeches. They expressed full support to the draft laws, saying in combination with the actual situation of their sectors and units that they were worked out in the light of practicality, scientific accuracy, development and prospects.

The session adopted with unanimous approval ordinances of the DPRK SPA "On adopting the Law of the DPRK on Building-materials Industry" and "On adopting the Law of the DPRK on Offshore Farming".

The session discussed the 2024 work of the Central Court as its fifth agenda item.

Deputy Choe Kun Yong, president of the Central Court, made a report on the last year's work of the Central Court.

After his report, deputies raised opinions on the work of the Central Court, including the practical issues arising in further strengthening the most advantageous socialist legal system of the state and in more thoroughly establishing a revolutionary law-abiding spirit throughout society.

Deputy Choe Kun Yong made public the measures for the raised opinions.

The SPA deliberated the report on the 2024 work of the Central Court and admitted that it had successfully fulfilled its duty stipulated in the constitution, and adopted a decision of the DPRK SPA "On approving the report on the work of the Central Court of the DPRK".

The session discussed the sixth agenda item. It unanimously adopted an ordinance of the DPRK SPA "On amending some provisions of the Socialist Constitution of the DPRK" as regards the issue of renaming the Central Court and the Central Public Prosecutors Office the Supreme Court and the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office.

The session discussed the organizational matter as its seventh agenda item.

A member of the SPA Standing Committee was recalled and by-elected.

Deputy Jon Hyang Sun was by-elected as member of the SPA Standing Committee.

Members of sectional committees of the SPA were recalled and by-elected.

Deputies Kim Chol Won, Kim Jong Su and Ri Song Bom were by-elected as members of the SPA Legislation Committee.

Deputies Kang Yun Sok, Jong Myong Su and Yun Jong Ho were by-elected as members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the SPA.

Deputy Kim Tok Hun was by-elected as chairman of the SPA Budget Committee and Deputy Ri Ji Nam as its member.

Pak In Chol, speaker of the SPA, made a closing address.

The Twelfth Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly successfully finished its work amid the high political enthusiasm of all the participants to be loyal to their duty as the representatives of the supreme power organ and masters of state affairs in the sacred struggle for hastening the comprehensive rejuvenation of the state, in support of the ideas and leadership of the great Comrade Kim Jong Un with single-minded efforts.

KCNA

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