DEAR LEADER PREPARES THE WAY FOR SON’S SUCCESSION WITH CADRE SPRING-CLEAN
Richard Lloyd Parry
The Times, June 8, 2010
North Korea’s “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il appointed his brother-in-law as his deputy yesterday in the latest sign that he is consolidating his family’s grip on the world’s only hereditary communist dictatorship.
Chang Sung Taek was appointed vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission, the country’s most powerful state institution. Mr Chang is believed to be close to the Dear Leader’s youngest son, Kim Jong Un, who is emerging as the most likely successor to his ailing 68-year-old father.
The news was contained in an official report on the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), a tame parliamentary body, which announced various personnel changes including the appointment of a new premier, Choe Yong Rim. The SPA rarely meets more than once a year. This was the second session in two months, suggesting urgent business.
For the past 18 months, since Mr Kim suffered from what appeared to have been a stroke, official photographs suggested that Mr Chang had rarely been far from his side.
(...) [artículo aquí]
Richard Lloyd Parry
The Times, June 8, 2010
North Korea’s “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il appointed his brother-in-law as his deputy yesterday in the latest sign that he is consolidating his family’s grip on the world’s only hereditary communist dictatorship.
Chang Sung Taek was appointed vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission, the country’s most powerful state institution. Mr Chang is believed to be close to the Dear Leader’s youngest son, Kim Jong Un, who is emerging as the most likely successor to his ailing 68-year-old father.
The news was contained in an official report on the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), a tame parliamentary body, which announced various personnel changes including the appointment of a new premier, Choe Yong Rim. The SPA rarely meets more than once a year. This was the second session in two months, suggesting urgent business.
For the past 18 months, since Mr Kim suffered from what appeared to have been a stroke, official photographs suggested that Mr Chang had rarely been far from his side.
(...) [artículo aquí]
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