[NYTr] Prep for 2nd Stage of Cuban General Elections on Track: Alarcon
 
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:08:23 -0600 (CST)

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Preparations for Second Stage of Cuban General Elections 
Right on Track: Alarcon

Havana, Nov 27 (acn) The president of the Cuban National Assembly 
(Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, said on Monday that the 
recently formed municipal assemblies are working very hard in the 
drawing up of the lists of candidates for the second stage of the 
national general elections, scheduled for January 20, 2008.

During a visit to the municipality of San Cristobal, in the westernmost 
province of Pinar del Rio, Alarcon described the recently concluded 
process of election of delegates to municipal assemblies as one of the 
best ever held on the island and added that the municipal government 
bodies are currently working in the nomination of candidates for 
provincial assemblies and the National Parliament.

According to the Cuban Constitution, these municipal bodies are in 
charge of drawing up the lists of candidates who will or will not be 
elected by the people at the polls next January.

According to reports from the National Commission of Candidatures, 
published by Granma newspaper, the list of candidates - including the 
recently elected municipal delegates - will include more than 55,000 
citizens of which 614 will be elected as members of the national 
Parliament while 1,291 will be chosen as provincial delegates for a 
five-year period.

The drawing-up of the list began last September with the nominations by 
provincial committees of the Cuban Workers' Confederation (CTC) and 
grass-root organizations such as the Committees in Defense of the 
Revolution (CDR), the Cuban Women's Federation (FMC), the National 
Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), the Federation of High School 
Students (FEEM) and the Federation of University Students (FEU).
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