HAVANA, Feb 24 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – More than 8,400,000 Cuban voters have begun nominating candidates for election to the Municipal Assemblies of the People’s Power (local government).
The elections are slated for April 25 with a run-off on May 2 in districts where none of the candidates obtain more than 50 percent of the valid votes. The new legislative houses of the island’s 169 municipalities will come out from the polls.
“We are working at all levels and with the support of mass organisations to achieve the largest turn-out of the nominating assemblies,” said President of the National Electoral Commission Ana Maria Mari.
Different from other countries, Mari said candidates are not elected by the party, but it’s the people who propose, nominate and then elect their representatives to the governmental bodies by direct and secret balloting.
According to the President of the Cuban Parliament Ricardo Alarcon, the voluntary and enthusiastic participation of voters in the elections will be a jubilation of true democracy.
This electoral process must be carried out rigorously, methodically and with a critical and creative spirit as President Raul Castro has called for, Alarcon said. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA
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