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18h45 This first plenary session of the National Assembly of People's Power ends

. During this day, the deputies made 84 speeches. The president of the ANPP, Esteban Lazo Hernández, informed those present that this Sunday, July 22, 2018, he will continue the debates concerning the Magna Carta.

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The Doctor José Rubiera deputy of the municipality of Boyeros, explains that in the Yesterday they received a detailed explanation of Article 11 relating to the Cuban environmental ecosystem and to the physical space where s & Exercises the sovereignty of the Cuban State. It offers technical specifications to clarify the article.

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Yolanda Ferrer Gómez ]] intervenes to express its support for Article 5 as presented by the Commission, inasmuch as it recognizes the Party as unique and Fidelista.

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Photo: José Manuel Correa

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The General of the Army Raúl Castro Chairman of the Constitutional Reform Commission, intervenes during the debate to emphasize the value of the popular consultation on this draft Constitution. He asked the deputies to intervene with more precision in their contributions, so that a debate can be initiated in which a greater effort must be devoted to the treatment of the millions of opinions of the Cuban people.

Photo: José Manuel Correa

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Pavel Rodríguez Rodríguez refers to Articles 3, 4 and 14 and requests that the historical and patriotic foundations on which they are based be included. This will avoid having to clarify in the future.

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Deputy Jazmín Argote Ravelo MP for Guantanamo, think about article number 3 on the defense of the homeland. He ratifies the irrevocability of socialism.

Photo: José Manuel Correa

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Members move from the preamble to the badysis of the text of the Draft Constitution.

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Mariela Castro request permission to make written suggestions to the Style Committee, in order to use an inclusive language.

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The Member of Parliament and President of the Young Martiano Movement, Yusuam Palacios points out that it is meritorious that these transformations take place the year of the 150th anniversary of our wars of independence.

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Some pictures of this second part of the plenary session of today …

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MP José Cabrera suggests the publication of a glossary of terms.

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Mariela Castro Deputy and Director of CENESEX, praised the results of the work done by the Commission which worked on the draft Constitution.

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The intellectual Abel Prieto noted the importance that the social justice component be present in the Cuban constitution.

Photography: Juvenal Balán

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Lizet Martínez Deputy and Provincial Director of Culture in Havana, believes that this draft Constitution should include in the preamble historical values ​​and elements that can complete it even more. That the term social justice be included in the first paragraph, since this element distinguishes our process. In the second paragraph, where our aborigines stand out, we also highlight the spirit of resistance of the Cuban people.

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Enrique Richard López representative and artist of Cienfuegos, refers to the history of the Revolution. Remember that at the age of 15, he wrote a letter to Fidel, because he's been an orphan since the age of 8 and that the Revolution l? turned into a good man.

Suggests that when the document is badyzed among the population, a pamphlet is made or diffused by other means, remember what was in Cuba before 1959, and what the Revolution did.

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Reina de la Caridad recognizes the meritorious work of the deputies who participate in the Commission who worked in the articulation of the Draft Constitution, as well as the experts. He proposed that the study be strengthened from the primary education of the Constitution.

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4:10 pm The transmissions of the TVC are taken again with the opinion of the Cuban deputies

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14h00 The plenary session stops after the end of Homero Acosta

Television transmissions will resume after the NTV .

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The draft Constitution which is debated today before the ANPP proposes among the regulations which will have to be modified or created the following ones:

  • Electoral law [19659057] Code of the family and the civil code
  • Law on the popular courts
  • National Defense Act
  • Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Law
  • Constitutional Control Act
  • Education Law
  • Health
  • Municipalities Act [19659056] Law of the Company
  • Law of the Cooperative
  • Law of Citizenship

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Concerning the structure of the state:

  • The Council of … State is maintained as the permanent body of the National Assembly of People's Power, with the peculiarity that the President, the Vice President and the Secretary of it are also the State Council [19659056] The personality of the President and Vice-President of the Republic is established
  • The President occupies the position of Chief of State for a five-year term and may hold this position until two consecutive terms, after which he can not do so. replay
  • It is proposed to create the figure of the Prime Minister. The Council of Ministers retains its status as the highest executive and administrative body, constitutes the Government of the Republic and will be under the direction of the Prime Minister
  • It is proposed to eliminate the provincial bademblies and their administrative body and to Establish, instead of Provincial Government, consisting of a governor and a council at this level, composed of the presidents of the Municipal Assemblies of People's Power and the Stewards (they head the Municipal Council of 39; ;administration).
  • At the municipal level, it is proposed to extend the mandate of the delegate to five years and recognizes the autonomy of the municipality in its management, in order to seek a faster and more effective attention to problems and problems. claims of the locality
  • Guarantees are proposed to the rights of petition and local participation, between those who mention the possibility of convening popular consultations on issues of local interest, the right of oblation to propose the Analysis of topics in bademblies and correct attention to requests, exposures, complaints and denunciations of citizens.
  • Concerning the reform of the Constitution are specified the subjects authorized to promote it and the clauses are maintained of intangibility regarding the irrevocability of the socialism and the political, social and economic system, as well as the l & # 39; prohibition of trading under badault, threat or coercion of a foreign power

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13h00 The presentation of the Draft Constitution is relaunched.

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After the introduction of the first articles of the draft Constitution, members are asked to take a short break.

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Regarding Citizenship:

  • It is proposed to affiliate to the principle of effective citizenship consisting in that "Cuban citizens, on the national territory, are governed by this condition and can not use citizenship foreign "
  • ] The content of the right to equality acquires a greater development, integrating to those existing, inter alia, the non-discrimination due to the identity of gender, the origin Ethnic and Disability
  • In addition to recognized rights, duties are also defined civic and political to be fulfilled by citizens, among others, contribute to public spending; respect the authorities and their agents; to preserve and protect the property and the resources put at the service of all
  • establishes the obligation of the State, society and families to protect and badist the elderly, as well as the care required by persons with disabilities for their rehabilitation and improvement of the quality of life

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Updates of the Economic System:

  • The economic system which reflects maintains as essential principles the socialist property of all peoples over the fundamental means of production and as a major component of management
  • Recognition of the role of the market and new forms of ownership, including private ownership, in line with the conceptualization of the Cuba social and economic development model in and the guidelines Economic and Social Party and Revolution
  • In private land ownership, a special regime is maintained, with limitations to its transmission and the preferential right of the state to acquire it. his fair price
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  • The socialist character of the Revolution and the leading role of the Communist Party of Cuba is confirmed
  • Irrevocability of the Cuban political and economic model
  • The principles of social justice and the 39, humanism are preserved [19659057] Greater normativity to the Constitution
  • The focus is on the preservation of the environment
  • Total Articles: 224 (113 are modified, 87 are incorporated and 11 are eliminated)
  • A wide range of rights is incorporated citizens
  • The mechanisms of citizen participation in each municipality are extensive
Photo: Jose M. Correa

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10:59 Draft Constitution of the Republic from Cuba to discuss Deputies

Homero Acosta, Secretary of the State Council and Member of the Commission, is the one who guides the discussion of the deputies on the Draft Constitution of the Republic of Cuba Cuba

We recommend that you read the following documents:

Photo: Juvenal Balán

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10:57 The following documents were approved by the Members:

Photo: Jose M. Correa
Photo: Juvenal Balán

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10:10 Members listen to and discuss the liquidation report of the budget 2017 and the corresponding opinion presented by the Economic, Constitutional and Legal Affairs ues.

Granma fully shares the speech made by Lina Pedraza, Minister of Finance Price of the First Ordinary Session of the Ninth Legislature of the National Assembly

I have the honor to present on behalf of the Cabinet of Ministers the liquidation of the state budget for the year 2017, which is nothing other than the closure of an accountability process, on the Resource management of the entire people, approved by law 122, to meet the plan of the economy this year.

This process was preceded by the respective liquidations in the provincial bademblies Municipalities of the Popular Power, where not only the progress achieved was recognized, but These were present, many unsolved and deserve a decisive confrontation in the region. ;current year.

The Deputies come to this session with a knowledge of the budgetary performance of the control actions carried out during the year 2017, they have a detailed report, made in advance and badyzed by the commission of the business. for which an interactive process is now closed.

On the other hand, news organizations have the necessary information to disclose more details. on the implementation of the budget, which at the same time will help raise the economic culture of the people.

The economic performance of the year 2017 was evaluated during the last session of the VIII legislature last December, so I will only refer to a summary of the conditions that have most impacted the economy. 39, execution of the budget, which was emphasized in the Clauses of the above-mentioned session, by General Raúl Castro Ruz, are:

– Financial Restrictions
– Insufficient Availability of Fuels
– Impact on the economy of three years of prolonged drought
– Effects of economic, commercial and financial blockade
– Effects caused in 12 provinces by Hurricane Irma and subsequent heavy rains

Ce This scenario has transformed some of the original objectives in the budget by redirecting some of the resources to restore basic social services, ensuring the protection of our population, recovery tasks and at the same time time to stimulate food production, without abandoning programs in which it could be advanced; only serve as example that in addition to the resources that local budgets and companies dedicated to offset the impact of hurricane Irma, the state budget allocated 528 million pesos for evacuation, recovery and bonuses to victims.

of the year 2017 budget had a favorable behavior, when the income was exceeded by 3%, reaching a figure greater than 55 000 618 million pesos. On the other hand, the expenses amounted to 63 thousand 906 million, for an execution of 98%.

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Taxes contributed 74% of total income, mainly for taxes that come from sales and business efficiency. This behavior validates the tax system as the main source of revenue for the state budget and the redistribution of wealth, in accordance with the provisions of guidelines 42 and 43.

The public sector of the state. Economy remains the main contributor with 86%, they are followed by non-state management forms with an 11% share in revenues, which increase by three points compared to the previous year.

It is true that the ONAT has increased audits, which has been expressed in the increase of revenues in the liquidation campaign, requires more efficiency in the actions on tax evasion activities, where it is obvious that the money that fits all people, favors the pockets of the

With regard to the use of the budget, to the sectors of public health, social badistance and education, 51% of social spending was allocated. The budget has ensured the vitality of dissimilar activities, which, in the daytime, are not always badociated with the economic support they claim.

Public health and social badistance were badigned to a figure greater than 10 thousand 700 million pesos to cover, among other activities, 251 million medical and stomatological consultations; Infant mortality has reached its lowest rate in history, with 4.0 per thousand live births. The necessary resources were available for sanitation and vector disposal, taking into account the epidemiological events presented.

The homes of the grandparents, the homes of the disabled, elderly and nursery, provided badistance to 185 thousand people. In the structures related to the aging of the population, it is not possible to satisfy all the demand, a situation which receives the highest priority, but which requires an increased support of the family responsibility, especially considering the structure current and the demographic trend. In the attention to people with disabilities, 62 thousand elderly and mothers of children with severe disabilities were benefited, as well as those who received the welfare service at home.

In education was spent 8 thousand 178 million pesos; in pre-school, primary, special, pre-university, technical and vocational education and training of teaching staff, one million 740 thousand students continued their studies, in more than 10,000 schools. Higher education guarantees the operation of 50 institutions among universities, institutes, centers and secondary schools, for 225 thousand students.

Cultural offerings reached more than 9 million activities, highlights the growth of different artistic and cultural events. The television transmitted 67 thousand 600 hours and radio 530 thousand, which base the increase of sports and educational transmissions, as well as the qualification of new transmitters.

Sports activities were supported by the budget, for the celebration of national competitions and international sports marathons, school games and other activities for the enjoyment and healthy recreation of the population.

The Innovation Fund for Science and Technology has executed 60 million pesos, in 173 projects of 23 scientific centers; programs that respond to the State Plan to deal with Climate Change, Life Task.

The demands of the defense agencies were guaranteed by the principle of never neglecting the defense of the country. Social allocated more than 5 thousand 900 million pesos, to serve one million 670 thousand retirees and maternity benefits. 14% of the expenditure was financed by the state budget, because the social security contribution was insufficient.

A humanist program is the subsidy to low-income people to carry out constructive actions at home, that a figure greater than one billion pesos has been awarded, benefiting more than 21,000 people; However, there are still gaps to be filled, shorter delivery times, increased supervision and the use of all financial resources.

In addition, more than 46,000 conservation and rehabilitation actions were supported. , 11 thousand apartments in multifamily buildings and 117 cuarterías.

The territorial contribution for local development has been a source of additional resources available to municipalities; it reached 525 million pesos, mainly for community-based actions, such as: hydraulic rehabilitation, social and commercial facilities, revival of popular councils, among others; the work must continue to improve his destiny.

In budgeted activities, the lack of some goods and services has impacted, among which are building materials and constructive capacity for maintenance; More than 14 billion pesos have been allocated to companies that generate alternative exports or imports, compensating them mainly for rice, beans, maize and pork. Milk and sugar, which stimulate production, save foreign exchange and producers receive fair prices.

The agricultural sector has benefited from additional benefits by funding 50% of insurance policies to protect market effects. Crops and interest rates granted credits, as well as losses caused by drought, higher than those covered by insurance, which amounted to 159 million pesos.

A total of 83 companies closed the year with losses not expected, with a negative result of 167 million pesos, so they must continue to work to eliminate the causes that cause it. [19659004] Investments for the hydraulic sector received budget support of over 447 million pesos for the execution of pipelines, sewers, drainages and others, which benefited more than one million 700,000 people with improvements in services. The transfer program was 90% respected due to non-compliance with equipment imports.

208 million pesos were allocated to transport works, including 90 million to offset the effects of bad weather on the roads.
Local budgets have improved results by obtaining higher management surpluses than expected. The three deficit provinces reduce it by more than 170 million pesos

Income attributed to municipalities and provinces represents 35% of total income, 7% more than the previous year, which is consistent. with the principle of strengthening the financial management of local bodies to support their economic and social development, an aspect in which they must continue to work, in response to guidelines 17 and 49.

They badumed payment obligations exceeding their resources, 397 budgeted units and 76 municipal distribution accounts, for an amount of 584 million pesos, which will affect the year 2018, in the same scale, financial indiscipline which involves the adoption of measures that require additional Savings and payment restrictions, maximum use of inventories as well as strict control and badysis in the Boards of Directors that identify the causes and conditions that cause these faults and undertake actions for its final eradication, without waiting for solutions of higher levels.

In the year the commitments in collections and payments have had an unstable behavior, subject based on indiscipline, especially when there is direct operations with the population, which requires higher priority management teams at all levels.

The results obtained in the audits carried out by the Comptroller General of the Republic in the implementation of the budget, indicate that discreet progress has been observed, but insufficient, in the income reserve, the monitoring and the control of budget execution, the destination and use of grants, as well as cash flow, a complex but not impossible task that will require the responsibility of managers and collectives that ensure rigorous control at all levels.

Fellow Members and Deputies:

] The combined effect of over-adherence to revenue and non-fulfillment of expenditures has resulted in a budget deficit lower than that approved in the budget, which rose to 8 thousand 284 million pesos, which means that the law is respected.

This result was only used for 86% of the financing approved by the Sovereign Bonds, reducing the planned debt of Thousand 382 million pesos, which became sources of financing for the l 39; year 2018.

We submit for your consideration the 2017 State Budget Liquidation.

Thank you very much

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10:00 The new Council of Ministers is announced

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, explains that Salvador Valdés Mesa has already been elected First Vice President of the State Councils and Ministers

Díaz Canel proposes to maintain:

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, vice-président des Conseils d'État et de ministres

Rica rdo Cabrisas Ruiz, vice-président des Conseils d'État et de ministres

] Ulises Rosales del Toro, vice-président des Conseils d'État et de ministres

En attendant, ils promeuvent comme vice-présidents du Conseil des ministres Ines Maria Chapman Waugh et Roberto Morales Ojeda.

José Amado Ricardo Guerra, Secrétaire du Conseil de Ministres

Ena Elsa Velázquez Cobiella, Ministre de l'Education

Lina Olinda Pedraza Rodríguez, Ministre des Finances et des Prix
Margarita González

Irma Margarita Mart nez Castrillón, Presidenta del Banco Central de Cuba

Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Ministra de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente.

Leopoldo Cintra Frías, Ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias

Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo, Ministro del Interior

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores

René Mesa Villafaña, Ministro de la Construcción.

Adel Onofre Yzquierdo Rodríguez, Ministro de Transporte

Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, Ministro del Comercio Exterior y la Inversión Extranjera.

Manuel Marrero Cruz, Ministro del Turismo

Gustavo Rodríguez Rollero, Ministro de la Agricultura

Alfredo López Valdé s, quien se desempeñaba como Ministro de Energía y Minas pasa a ser Ministro de Industrias

José R. Saborido Loidi, Ministro de Educación Superior.

Alfonso Noya Martínez, Presidente del Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión.

Antonio Eduardo Becal i Garrido, Presidente del Instituto Nacional de Deporte y Recreación (INDER)

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Se proponen como nuevos miembros:

Iris Quiñones Rojas, Ministra de la Industria Alimentaria

Betsy Díaz Velázquez, Ministra de Comercio Interior

Alejandro Gil Fernández, Ministro de Economía y Planificación

José Ángel Portal Miranda,  Ministro de Salud Pública

Raúl García Barreiro, Ministro de Energía y Minas

Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella, Ministro de Comunicación

Alpidio Alonso Grau, Ministro de Cultura

Oscar Manuel Silveira Martínez, Ministro de Justicia

Antonio Rodríguez, President e del Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos

Son 34 personas las que integran el Consejo de Ministros. Todos con amplia trayectoria y experiencia como cuadros.

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10:00 a.m. La Agenda de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular. Raúl presente en esta sesión Plenaria

Previamente, dando cumplimiento a una de las atribuciones de la Asamblea Nacional, esta designará, a propuesta del Presidente del Consejo de Estado, a los vicepresidentes y demás miembros del Consejo de Ministros.

Foto: Juvenal Balán

Como se recordará, el Primer Vicepresidente, Salvador Valdés Mesa, había sido designado, mediante igual procedimiento, en la Sesión Constitutiva del pasado 19 de abril.

También en la agenda de la primera jornada, los parlamentarios cubanos tienen programado  considerar el Informe de liquidación del Presupuesto del año 2017, y el Dictamen correspondiente presentado por las comisiones de Asuntos Económicos, y de Asuntos Constitucionales y Jurídicos.

Como antesala de los debates sobre el Proyecto de Constitución que tendrán lugar a partir de hoy, los diputados agrupados en las comisiones de trabajo dedicaron dos días a e studiar in dividualmente, y otra jornada a evacuar dudas e intercambiar con miembros de la Comisión que redactó el nuevo texto.

El Proyecto incluye un Preámbulo, 224 artículos, divididos en 11 títulos, 24 capítulos y 16 secciones, y mantiene los fundamentos políticos del Estado socialista y revolucionario.

BASES CONSTITUCIONALES DE ESTA REFORMA ARTÍCULO 137

Esta Constitución solo puede ser reformada por la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular mediante acuerdo adoptado, en votación nominal, por una mayoría no inferior a las dos terceras partes del número total de sus integrantes, excepto en lo que se refiere al sistema político, social y económico, cuyo carácter irrevocable lo establece el artículo 3 del Capítulo I, y la prohibición de negociar bajo agresión, amenaza o coerción de una potencia extranjera, como se dispone en el Artículo 11.  Si la reforma se refiere a la integración y facultades de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular o de su Conse jo de Estado o a derechos y deberes consagrados en la Constitución, requiere, además, la ratificación por el voto favorable de la mayoría de los ciudadanos con derecho electoral, en referendo convocado al efecto por la propia Asamblea.

PRINCIPIOS IRRENUNCIABLES

El socialismo y el sistema político y social revolucionario, probado por años de heroica resistencia frente a las agresiones de todo tipo y la guerra económica de los gobiernos de la potencia imperialista más poderosa que ha existido y habiendo demostrado su capacidad de transformar el país y crear una sociedad enteramente nueva y justa, es irrevocable, y Cuba no volverá jamás al capitalismo.

El Partido Comunista de Cuba, martiano y marxista-leninista, vanguardia organizada de la nación cubana, es la fuerza dirigente superior de la sociedad y del Estado, que organiza y orienta los esfuerzos comunes hacia los altos fines de la construcción del socialismo y el avance hacia la soc iedad comuni sta.

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