Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed Deputy PM Yang Sung-ho. According to media reports, Kim Jong Un arrived at the Yongsong Machine Complex on Monday to inaugurate the first phase of the industrial project. Kim ordered the removal of Yang Song-ho during his address. Kim also reprimanded the Deputy PM.
Kim told the Deputy PM from the stage itself to leave here on his own feet before it was too late. Kim said that Yang is not fit to handle big responsibilities. He said that a goat cannot pull a cart. This was a mistake in our cadre appointment system.
Kim Jong Un said he had given Yang several chances to correct serious mistakes made in the modernization of the first phase of the Yongsong Machine Complex. Despite this there was no improvement in the work. Kim made it clear that it was necessary to remove Yang from the post, but that does not mean that he should be considered “anti-Party”. According to Kim, Yang gave suggestions to the Party’s Central Committee that were neither practical nor based on truth.
He alleged that Yang tried to mislead the party for his own benefit, even at a key party meeting last month. He told that despite all this, he gave Yang another chance, but later it became clear that he had no sense of responsibility at all. He said that this person has been like this from the beginning and he cannot be considered worthy of any big responsibility.
Let us tell you that this action has taken place at a time when preparations are going on for the ninth party Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party in the country. In North Korea, it is not considered common for an official to be publicly reprimanded in this manner. Yang Sung-ho was previously the country’s Minister of Machinery Industry. Later, he was promoted to become the Deputy PM, responsible for the machinery sector.
According to the South Korean government agency in the media report, he was also involved in the top leadership of the party, but his role there was not permanent. It has not been told yet who will be given the responsibility in his place. Kim Jong Un blamed economic policy officials for the delay in modernizing the Yongsong Machine Complex. He said that due to the negligence and incompetence of the officials, there were many problems in this project.