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A new bill is published in the Granma newspaper, which is the official organ of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party
. The working group developed the legislative framework for the reform of the constitution. under the presidency of Raoul Castro Ruza, general of the army. The commission, which will be engaged in the reform of the Constitution, was created on June 2nd. She, in addition to the Cuban leader, included the second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and 33 deputies. The commission presented Cuba's draft new constitution at the seventh plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. The document is submitted to the National Assembly of People's Power on 21, 22 and 23 July.
The positions of President and Prime Minister are introduced. The president will perform the duties of the head of state and will be elected by the National Assembly of People's Power (unicameral parliament) among the deputies for five years with the right to hold this position for no more than two consecutive terms.
According to the current Constitution, the head of state is the president of the State Council and the Council of Ministers. In April 2018, Miguel Dias-Canel, former vice-president of the country, was elected to this post. He became the first Cuban leader outside the Castro family after the 1959 revolution. His appointment to Cuba is now unlimited in time.
A post of Prime Minister is being set up, which will be headed by the Council of Ministers – the country's highest executive body. The distribution of the posts of the President and the Head of Government will take place in the country.
The new Basic Law will continue to prescribe provisions on the socialist nature of the state and the leading role of the Communist Party in the life of society.
The paper will present a free market and new forms of ownership, including private property. However, the state retains the position on public property of major productions and the planned nature of the economy.
For the first time in the constitution, it is planned to introduce a clause prohibiting discrimination based on sex, ethnicity and disability.
