Call this Neo-Communism.
HAVANA – Cuban legislators took the first step Saturday toward drafting a new constitution.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel convened a special session of Cuba’s parliament to propose a list of people to undertake a rewrite of the Soviet-era charter.
Delegates gave their approval for a commission presided over by former President Raul Castro and comprised of some 30 others, including Diaz-Canel.
“This gives rise to a process of particular importance for the country and we must all be aware of the duty and the civic responsibility that this demands,” Diaz-Canel said to nearly 600 delegates at the National Assembly.
There is no pending draft, but officials have made clear that the constitution will maintain a Communist Party-led system in which freedom of speech, the press and other rights are limited by “the purposes of socialist society.”
Cuba forms commission to update Soviet-era constitution
News > World Sat., June 2, 2018, 2:55 p.m. HAVANA – Cuban legislators took the first step Saturday toward drafting a new constitution. President Miguel Diaz-Canel convened a special session of Cuba’s parliament to propose a list of people to undertake a rewrite of the Soviet-era charter.