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Photo: GranmaHavana, June 20.- With the same participatory essence that has characterized the legislative processes and fulfilling a constitutional mandate that established, in its transitory provisions, a period of up to six months for the approval of a new Electoral Law, it was presented in a national videoconference the bill that will be debated with the deputies around that medular subject.

Esteban Lazo Hernández, president of the National Assembly of Popular Power (ANPP), during the exchange in which the draft Electoral Law was announced, insisted on the conscious and detailed study of this, in order to make substantial contributions to a norm this must be a reflection of the transparency and democracy that characterize the Revolution.

At the headquarters of the Capitol, in Havana, and with repercussion in all the provinces of the country and in the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, it was specified that from now on a process of collecting opinions, suggestions, modifications and doubts begins. of the deputies, in which the entire population can also participate, to later establish a consensus and submit it to analysis in the next session of the Parliament in the month of July. That space must leave this Law approved to comply with the schedule established after the Constitution was ratified last February.

Lazo Hernandez pointed out that the proposed Law that will be discussed is the fruit of many hours of work, and that it was analyzed by the current National Electoral Commission and reviewed by another group in charge of the ANPP.

The President of the Parliament referred to the extraordinary importance of enforcing, in less than six months, what was approved by the Cubans in his new Constitution and clarified that the current composition of the Assembly, with 605 deputies, will remain until the end of the current legislature. . The proposed changes to that body will begin to govern with a new mandate within five years.

On the stage that opens, of study and deepening in the proposal that is made, said that the deputies can share with companions of other sectors, like the universities, intellectuals and academic, the contents of the project, with the aim of gaining in clarity. Subsequently, regional meetings will be held in Santiago de Cuba (June 21) - in which the parliamentarians of Guantanamo and Granma will participate; Holguín (22) -with the presence of Las Tunas; Camagüey (23) -together with the Avilanians-; Sancti Spíritus (24) -Villa Clara and Cienfuegos-; Artemis (25) -with those of Pinar del Río-; and Havana (26), to which will be added those of Mayabeque, Matanzas and Isla de la Juventud.

In the case of the population, anyone who wishes to consult the preliminary draft can download it from the website of the National Assembly, at the link http://www.parlamentocubano.gob.cu/index.php/proyectos-de-leyes/, The e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. was enabled to issue its criteria.

THE ELECTORAL LAW PROJECT INSIDE

José Luis Toledo Santander, president of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, detailed the essential elements of the new regulation, which has 16 titles, 45 chapters, 32 sections, five final provisions, six transitory provisions and 290 articles in total, and specified several of their differences with respect to the current one.

• The creation of the National Electoral Council and the electoral councils at the provincial and municipal levels to exercise their functions on a permanent basis.

• Two periodic elections are recognized: the municipal elections for the election of the delegates to the municipal assemblies of the Popular Power, its President and Vice President; and the national elections for the election of deputies, its President, Vice President, Secretary, other members of the Council of State, and the President and Vice President of the Republic.

• The proportion for the election of deputies to the National Assembly of People's Power is modified, which reduces the total number of deputies to 131, although respecting the principle that up to 50% of them are delegates to the municipal assemblies.

• It is proposed to simplify the procedure for verifying the validity of the election in municipal assemblies and in the National Assembly, and that this is a function of the electoral authorities. The Council of State ¬ would be composed of 21 members, including its management.

• It is incorporated that in the act of constitution of the National Assembly the President of the Republic takes office.

• It establishes that the election of provincial governors and vice-governors is carried out simultaneously throughout the country and guides the procedure to carry it out.

• Proposes that the Electoral Councils at all levels control the preparation and updating of the Electoral Registry.

• Incorporates for the Plebiscites what is provided in the Current Law for Referendum processes in relation to voting abroad.

• The sanctioning frameworks for "electoral crimes" are increased and it is established that they will be incorporated in a new Penal Code.

• Indicates the participation of the Municipal Electoral Council in the processes that are developed to revoke the mandate of one of its delegates, which implies modifications in the corresponding Law (No. 89/99)

• Proposes salary regulations for members of electoral structures.

• The draft Law develops the principle that voting is free, equal, direct and secret; grants the constitutional right that each citizen has to choose and be elected, be registered in the Electoral Registry; nominate and be nominated as a delegate candidate to the Municipal Assembly of People's Power; as well as participate in the electoral processes and make claims that legally proceed.

OF THE CONSTITUTION TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

FIRST: Before the six-month term, after this Constitution has come into force, the National Assembly of People's Power approves a new Electoral Law in which regulates the election of deputies to the National Assembly, its President, Vice President and Secretary , the Council of State, the President and Vice President of the Republic, the members of the National Electoral Council, the provincial governors and vice-governors, the delegates to the municipal assemblies of the Popular Power, its President and Vice President.

SECOND: After the Electoral Law has been approved, the National Assembly of People's Power, within three months, selects from among its deputies, its President, Vice President and Secretary, the other members of the Council of State, and the President and Vice President of the Republic.

THIRD: Once elected, the President of the Republic, within three months, proposes to the National Assembly of People's Power the appointment of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, the Secretary and other members of the Council of Ministers. (Granma)