HAVANA, Jan 28 (NNN-ACN) — With a view to the general elections on March 26, the National Nominations Commission (CCN by its Spanish acronym) begins the approval of candidates for the nomination process for deputies to the National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament).
The president of the CCN, Maria Consuelo Baeza, disclosed that on Jan 27-28, the list of candidates for deputies and the preparation of their biographies will be approved, which must be presented in eight places in each circumscription; and between Jan 30 and Feb 3, they will be discussed with the more than 12,000 delegates of the Municipal Assemblies of People’s Power.
Recently, the vice president of the National Electoral Council (CEN), Tomas Amaran Diaz, indicated that in the elections all ballots will have a minimum of two candidates, in terms of the correspondence per electors established in Electoral Law 127 (one legislator for every 30,000 inhabitants).
As a result of the national elections, the Cuban Parliament will finally be composed of 470 deputies (135 less than the current one, according to the Electoral Law in force) and, as a general rule, they must represent all sectors of Cuban society. — NNN-ACN
