The municipality of Contramaestre is giving the finishing touches to guarantee this May 28 the elections of the governor and vice-governor of the province of Santiago de Cuba, as established in Article 244 of Law 127, “Electoral Law“.
Julio César García García, president of the Municipal Electoral Council, CEM, provides important data on these provincial elections:
What elements distinguish the realization of this process of which all the municipalities of the national geography will take part in this day?
“In accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Law, the proposal for the positions of governor and deputy governor is the power of the president of the Republic of Cuba, and at the polls the delegates that make up the Municipal Assembly of People’s Power of Contramaestre will exercise in full exercise of democracy, their vote in favor or not, about that candidacy”.
Provincial government to be elected under the appropriate legacy
“It must also be explained that in order to validate by the Provincial Electoral Council, the election of these positions, the result of the votes that will be exercised by the delegates of the Assemblies of People’s Power of all the municipalities of the province is taken into account. They will be declared elected for these positions as long as they obtain more than half of the valid votes cast on the election day of this May 28”.
Will the delegates of the People’s Power know, prior to the elections, the candidacy to fill the positions of provincial governor and vice-governor?
“As foreseen in the work program for these elections, as from May 20, the Municipal Electoral Council, CEM, receives from its provincial counterpart the documentation of the proposed candidates. From that moment on, the designated member of the CEM delivers to the delegates to the Municipal Assembly of People’s Power the biographies and photos of the candidates, documents that are sent by the National Electoral Council, CEN. It is worth clarifying that this documentation is delivered to the delegates no less than 72 hours prior to the voting day”.
It is important to point out that the delivery of the photo and biographical summary inherent to the candidates responds so that the delegates have full knowledge of said candidacy, whose positions are elected with the exercise of the direct, equal and secret vote in the ballot boxes that will be arranged in the electoral college of the Municipal Assembly of Power.
What does the Electoral Council of the municipality of Contramaestre expect from this election process called for this May 28?
“In Contramaestre, our delegates, gathered in their own right, will take this process very seriously as they have always done and we are sure that they will elect on that day the governor and vice governor of the province of Santiago de Cuba.”
Contramaestre guarantees elections in accordance with the Electoral Law of the Republic of Cuba, in a fully democratic act, taking into account that the members of the Municipal Assembly of People’s Power in this municipality, as in all of Cuba, were elected by the voters in the communities where they belong.
