Today the Korean people are waging a dynamic struggle to regard the national flag, emblem and "Patriotic Song" sacred and to establish the law-abiding spirit of absolutely respecting all state laws including the Constitution of the DPRK as the social traits.
Facing the thrilling reality in which all the people are fully discharging their duties with pride and honor of being citizens of a powerful country holding the respected Comrade
The respected Comrade
"Even though he was held in high respect and admiration by our people and progressive people around the world, he rejected any special favour or privilege for himself, and always led a simple and frugal life with his people."
It was the day more than 50 years ago when the historic election of deputies to the Third Supreme People's Assembly was held.
That day he was to go to a constituency and to take part in the election with the workers there.
When the car arrived in the courtyard, President
At that moment the official couldn't but was bewildered.
A citizenship certificate is one of the certificates which indicate that a person is a citizen of that country.
However, who cannot notice him and what interruption can be made in the election if he, who is the great leader of our people and has been boundlessly respected and revered by the revolutionary people of the world, does not bring a citizenship certificate.
The official said that he had not brought it, and said to the President that he might not need to bring his citizenship certificate to the polling station.
Then the President said that he could take part in the election even if he didn't bring his citizenship certificate, but he said that he had to carry a citizenship certificate to the polling station without fail, and that he himself was a citizen of the Republic, and that he would have to abide by the law set by the country before anything else.
He continued to say that he had never thought of himself as a special being standing on the people, and that he should go to the polling station with a citizenship certificate even if he would be a bit late.
The officials were deeply impressed by his words.
The officials looked up to the President who was boundlessly humble and recollected the story told by someone.
On a day one year after the liberation of the country, he dropped in at the mineral spring in Chongsan-ri, Kangso County.
At that time the village built a pine gate in front of the mineral spring and placed a guard in front of it to keep order of the place because there were many visits.
With a bright smile on his face, the President looked around the mineral spring and kindly greeted the peasant who was standing guard over the site.
The farmer, who had not recognized the President, asked if he could show him his ID card. Then the President showed him his ID card.
The peasant, who accepted it, was surprised.
It had the august name of President
President
As the officials were lost in their thoughts, the official who went to bring the President's citizenship certificate came back.
After receiving a citizenship certificate, he made sure that there were no stains on it and put it in his bosom with care.
On arriving at the polling station that day, President
Looking up to him who was so great but infinitely simple and modest, the officials were greatly excited.
He always regarded himself as a member of the people and an ordinary citizen and regarded it as an iron rule to live the same way as the people.
History tells many stories about the great men, but none of them tells such a story.
The story about the day will always be remembered by the people, conveying the noble popular traits of the peerless great man.
