Emigrated Cubans in the US city of Miami, Florida, are preparing today for a debate on August 26 about the new Constitution project of their native country.
The post of the president of the Republic is one of the proposals in the Draft Constitution of Cuba, which has been discussed by the people for eight days in all 15 provinces of the country.
After one week that the debates on the new Draft Constitution began, the analyzes of the document approved by the People”s Power National Assembly (Parliament) continue today in Cuba.
The secretary-general of the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL), Lourdes Cervantes, expressed here the organization”s support for draft of Cuba”s new Constitution.
From August 13 to November 15, the Cuban inhabitants will have the chance to express their opinions and issue criteria on the draft of a new Constitution, a text that, if approved in a referendum, would replace the current constitution in force since 1976.
Carlos Rafael Miranda Martinez, national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), the Cuban largest grassroots organization, insisted on the importance of all the members to attend the neighborhood debates, regardless if they also do it at their workplaces or study centers
One of the main modifications introduced by the project of the new Cuban Constitution is the recognition of private property and foreign investment, expressed here today commercial specialist of Hotel Copacabana, Ariel Valdes.
The diversity of views represents a pillar to enrich the Cuban new draft Constitution, said today in this capital Martha Prieto, Doctor of Legal Sciences.
Cubans began on Monday a nation-wide public discussion around the text of a new constitution for the island that’s revealing a truly participatory angle to democracy here.
The draft of the new Constitution ratifies the leading role of Cuba”s Communist Party as a fundamental pillar of unity and of the political, economic and social order.
