Now the army and people of the DPRK are full of firm will to uphold Kim Jong Il in high esteem as eternal general secretary of the WPK, recollecting with deep emotion his immortal revolutionary career, Rodong Sinmun editorially says on Monday.

Kim Jong Il was an outstanding leader and a peerless veteran statesman who developed the WPK into an organizer and guide of all the victories of the Korean people and led the Korean revolution along the road of victory, the editorial says, and goes on:

It is the basic requirement for maintaining the revolutionary character of the WPK as the party of the leader to uphold Kim Jong Il as eternal general secretary of the WPK.

This is a crucial work for thoroughly embodying his idea and line and achieving the final victory of a thriving nation.

His idea and line serve as eternal guidelines of the WPK and the Korean revolution.

We have to thoroughly implement his idea and line and glorify another 100 years of the Juche era as a century of victory and prosperity.

All the party members, servicepersons and other people should dynamically advance along the road of the Juche revolution under the leadership of the WPK, an invincible party shining with the august names of the peerlessly great men.

The editorial calls on all the people to rally close around the dear respected Kim Jong Un and advance toward the final victory, flying the flag of the WPK as the military colors of the revolution.