Cuban Foreign Minister rejects US interference

Havana, March 27 (RHC) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez rejected statements by United States government officials about the national elections held on the island.

From his profile on Twitter, the Cuban foreign minister described these comments as unacceptable as meddling and misleading, and stated that Cuba has little or nothing to learn from the archaic and elitist US system, where money rules and two political parties take turns governing the same minority.

Last Friday, the Undersecretary of the State Department for Latin America, Brian Nichols, questioned on Twitter the democratic nature of the elections held on the island this Sunday to elect the 470 deputies to the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament).

The voting day had the participation of 75.92 percent of the eight million 120 thousand voters summoned to the polls, which was described by President Miguel Díaz-Canel as a revolutionary victory.

According to the National Electoral Council (CEN), the election of all the candidates proposed to integrate the Tenth Legislature of the ANPP was higher than recent previous elections, and was carried out with order and transparency.

The current electoral process will conclude on April 19 with the constitution of Parliament, the election of its board of directors, the Council of State, and the President and Vice President of the Republic. (Source: PL)