| ▲ The Chosun Central News Agency reported that at the 8th Labor Party Congress held on the 10th the day before, the Party Central Committee’s business consolidation discussion, the Party Central Prosecutor’s Committee’s business consensus, and party rules were revised. In the revised Party Convention, the content of strengthening national defense power was specified. | |
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Young-jeon = At the 8th Congress of the North Korean Workers’ Party, there were reports and discussions on business consolidation (settlement) for five days, but they decided not to draw a conclusion.
The Chosun Central News Agency delivered the news of the 5th meeting of the party meeting held the day before the 10th, and a written decision containing the conclusions on the report on the business consensus by Chairman Kim Jong-un, “The 8th central leadership agency of the newly elected party formed a drafting committee for the decision, “We decided to synthesize the opinions that are emergent and constructive in the field, and then deliberate and adopt them in the competition.”
It means that the conclusion of the business summary report made at this party conference will be decided at the 9th party conference held five years later.
Previously, there was no precedent for this in party congresses, and even considering that the adoption of the party congressional decision is a formal procedure that follows Chairman Kim’s report, this is very unusual.
This is because the basic role of the party congress held every five years is to establish the official position of the party and to establish the basic direction of state administration until the next party congress.
Even at the 7th party congress held in 2016, the decision was adopted at the 3rd day after Chairman Kim’s opening remarks and business summary report on the 1st and 2nd day of the 4 day conference.
The decision of the 7th Congress contained bold details such as the’nuclear-economic parallel path’ and the’five-year strategy for national economic development’ that promote economic construction and nuclear weapons construction together.
At that time, the first chairman of the National Defense Commission was first stipulated in the decision to “enhance the highest rank,” followed by revising the party rules at the 4th meeting to elect Kim Jong-un as party chairman.
Future defense and foreign relations such as,’As a responsible nuclear power, do not use nuclear weapons first’,’If South Korea (South Korea) finally takes the path of war, if South Korea (South Korea) finally chooses the path of war, it will wipe out the anti-unification forces with the war of justice.’ The basic policy for this was also specified in the decision.
Even at the 6th Party Congress held in October 1980, the then party general secretary, Kim Il-sung, made a business summary report on the first day and adopted a decision on the day before closing.’
It is evaluated that North Korea’s unusual failure to adopt a decision at the party congress appears to be hesitant to draw conclusions in a specific direction.
Once concluded, the policy should be maintained until the next party congress, but the current internal and external environment and conditions faced by North Korea are severe, so it is said that it is having difficulty in deciding the next move.
The immediate economic problem seems to have been repaired to some extent among the’three middle high schools’ that North Korea suffered last year, but sanctions against North Korea and the challenge of new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) continue in the new year.
In the United States, the Trump administration, which had a summit meeting with Chairman Kim, is withdrawn, and the new administration of Biden is established. Diplomatically, uncertainty has increased.
Accordingly, it can be interpreted that North Korea is trying to respond flexibly while observing changes in the situation without being bound by the conclusion of the party congress, by delaying the adoption of the decision to the next.
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