Cuban Constitution

Cuba says YES to new Constitution

Cuba says YES to new Constitution
National Electoral Commission President Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez, in a press conference yesterday, confirmed preliminary results of the referendum indicating approval of the new Constitution with 86.85% of the votes cast

Redacción Digitalfebruary 26, 2019 09:02:10

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Preliminary results of the February 24 referendum indicate that 6,816,169 Cubans approved the new Constitution of the Republic, 73.3% of all eligible citizens over 16 years of age, reported National Electoral Commission President Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez, in a press conference yesterday.
She explained to the national and international media that preliminary data shows that 706, 400 persons voted NO, representing 7.6% of eligible voters.
Some 7,848,000 persons cast ballots, a voter turnout of 84.4%.

Cuba’s Constitutional Reform

Cuba’s Constitutional Reform process

On the doorstep of February 24 referendum
A brief summary of Cuba’s transcendental Constitutional Reform process

Author: Granma | internet@granma.cu
february 22, 2019 16:02:20

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1. START OF THE REFORM PROCESS

By agreement of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP), in an extraordinary session held on June 2, 2018, it was agreed to initiate the Constitutional Reform process and approve, as a first step, the creation of a Commission in charge of preparing the proposed Constitution.

The Commission, chaired by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Party, and with the presence of the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the Second Secretary of the Party, José Ramón Machado Ventura, worked intensely in the drafting of the first version.

2. APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

After several sessions of debate, in July of 2018, deputies approved the proposed Constitution of the Republic, and voted to submit the document to an extensive popular consultation.

3. POPULAR CONSULTATION

The process of popular consultation extended from August 13 to November 15 and mobilized the entire country, even Cubans living abroad had the opportunity to participate.

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Cuban Constitution

The Cuban people vote in Constitutional Referendum

Special coverage: The Cuban people vote in Constitutional Referendum

Today February 24, 124 years since the re-initiation of the nation’s independence struggle, in accordance with the law, thousands of Cubans are participating in the construction of a better future and strengthening unity around the Revolution

Redacción Digitalfebruary 24, 2019 09:02:43

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Much more coverage:  

http://en.granma.cu/cuba/2019-02-24/special-coverage-the-cuban-people-vote-in-constitutional-referendum

Coup d’état in Venezuela

Cuba reiterates its invariable solidarity with Constitutional President Nicolás Maduro

Cuba reiterates its invariable solidarity with Constitutional President Nicolás Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution
Full text of press conference by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, for the national and international media, held at Minrex headquarters, February 19, 2019, Year 61 of the Revolution

Cubaminrexfebruary 21, 2019 13:02:41

We hope that the United Nations Security Council’s vocation and its responsibility as the main guarantor of international peace and security will prevail, and it will not lend itself to military adventures, Bruno Rodríguez stated.

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Press conference by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, for the national and international media, held at Minrex headquarters, February 19, 2019, Year 61 of the Revolution

(Council of State transcript – GI translation)

Bruno Rodríguez: Good afternoon. Thank you for being here.

We are just a few days from the Constitutional referendum in our country which is holding all of our attention. The mobilization of our people has been intense, and I thank you for the coverage provided by the media you represent.

The government of the Republic of Cuba has consistently denounced that the United States of America is preparing a military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, using humanitarian pretexts.

In speeches by the First Secretary of our Party’s Central Committee, on July 26, 2018, and January 1, 2019, and in those of the President of our Councils of State and Ministers, compañero Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in July last year, and more recently, alerts have been sounded about the very serious consequences -economic, political, social, humanitarian, and to the peace and security of the region – that a new military adventure by the United States in Our America would have. Continue reading Cuba reiterates its invariable solidarity with Constitutional President Nicolás Maduro →