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.
Cuba will become stronger after the consultation process of the population of the draft Constitution. The population will contribute with ideas on the law of laws starting August 13th, said on Tuesday in Matanzas, Odelia Santana, Specialist of the Municipal Education Center.
“Over a million and four hundred thousand Cubans citizens living overseas, will be able to express their opinions as part of the debate on the new local constitution project since the first week of September.” Ernesto Soberón, who is the director of the Consular Affairs on Cubans living abroad that is part of the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MINREX), pointed out.
During a press conference yesterday, at the historic Belen Jesuit College, where Fidel studied, now the Technical-Military Academy, representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and the Ministry of the Interior (Minint) announced that discussion of the proposed new Constitution will begin August 13 in these institutions, as it will around the country.
