What is conspicuous in Kim Jong Il's party leadership feats is that he developed the Workers' Party of Korea into the vanguard guiding the cause of the Songun revolution by carrying forward the Juche idea, the Songun idea founded by President Kim Il Sung, the statement said.

His reelection as general secretary of the WPK provided rosier future for the WPK and the Korean revolution and a decisive guarantee for prosperity of the Korean nation, it stressed.

It expressed belief that under his experienced and tested leadership the WPK the Korean people would glorify the immortal revolutionary exploits of the President forever and bring about a decisive turn in the improvement of the people's standard of living and the building of a great, prosperous and powerful country by accelerating the development of light industry once again this year.