[NYTr] Fw: [Ingles] Cuban Council of State Calls for Municipal Elections in October
 
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:34:47 -0500 (CDT)


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Cuban Council of State Calls for Municipal Elections in October

Havana, July 10 (acn) The Council of State of the Republic of Cuba 
issued a call on Monday to hold general elections next October to 
choose delegates to the municipal and provincial assemblies as well as 
deputies to the National Assembly or Parliament.

According to the note, the first round to choose delegates to municipal 
assemblies will take place on October 21st. The second round, for the 
electoral districts in which none of the candidates obtained more than 
50% of the valid votes in the first round, will take place on October 
28th.

The announcement states that the date to choose delegates to the 
provincial assemblies and to the National Assembly will be set at the 
proper time.

According to the Cuban Constitution, delegates to provincial assemblies 
are appointed for a five-year term while municipal assemblies have to 
be renovated every two-and-a-half years.

The Electoral Law of 1992 establishes that general elections include 
the appointment of the Parliament's president, vice president and 
secretary as well as the president, vice presidents, secretary and the 
other members of the Council of State.

The call is signed by First Vice President RaC:l Castro Ruz.

According to a note published on Tuesday by the Granma news daily, it 
was also announced that the Council of State chose the members of the 
National Electoral Commission.

They are MarC-a Esther Reus GonzC!lez, who will be its president; RubC)n 
PC)rez RodrC-guez, as vice president; and TomC!s AmarC!n DC-az, as 
secretary. Other members of the National Electoral Commission are Juan 
AizpurC:a RodrC-guez, Miguel PC)rez MartC-n, Col. Leonides RodrC-guez Rojas, 
Manuel RC-os Medina, Guido Urrutia ValdC)s, Gisela Bell Heredia, Arnel 
Medina Cuenca, Juan Mendoza DC-az, JosC) L. Flores del Sol, Mayra DC-az 
GarcC-a, Miguel Lara Giner, Reinaldo Montero de Miranda, Lt. Col. Julio 
A. Torres GarcC-a and Minerva ValdC)s Temprana.
       
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