He said:

We are pleased to join the friendly Korean people in observing the 54th anniversary of immortal leader Kim Jong Il's start of the Songun revolutionary leadership.

We are well aware of the vitality of the great Songun politics pursued by Kim Jong Il.

It was thanks to the Songun politics that the Korean people could frustrate the heinous frantic plots of the world imperialists to bring humiliation to them, and firmly defend the socialist fortress.

President Kim Il Sung embarked on the road of struggle for the liberation of the country and nation and taught the truth that the popular masses are the masters of revolution and construction and they are capable of promoting the revolution and construction, ushering in the era of independence, the new one of history.

Kim Jong Il weathered arduous trials and led socialist Korea to victory, true to the idea and intention of the President.

The Korean people will demonstrate the might of Kim Il Sung's and Kim Jong Il's Korea before the whole world by building a thriving socialist nation under the guidance of respected HE Kim Jong Un, faithful successor to the Songun idea of Kim Jong Il.