Cuba is ready to constitute new legislature of parliament
Havana, March 31 (RHC) After the validation of the results of national elections, Cuba is preparing for the formation of the 10th Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament), scheduled for next April 19.
The 470 deputies elected on March 26, with more than 61 percent of the valid votes cast, will have the responsibility of electing the President and Vice President of the Republic and other senior positions, and continue with the legislative development of the Constitution in the coming five years.
These represent all sectors, among which those of Popular Power and the Government, education and higher education, food, agriculture, sugar, cooperative and peasant stand out.
According to the final results, offered by the National Electoral Council, among the elected legislators there are 262 women (55.74 percent) and 93 young people up to 35 years old, (19.79 percent), while 167 were ratified. (Source: Prensa Latina)
