Massive Assistance to Constitutional Referendum in Cuba's Las Tunas Province

Monday, 25 February 2019 12:07

Massive Assistance to Constitutional Referendum in Cuba's Las Tunas Province

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Massive Assistance to Constitutional Referendum in Cuba's Las Tunas Province

Photos: ReyLópez and VisiónTunera.cu

The electoral colleges of this eastern Cuban province closed with an attendance of 86.13 percent, after a day in which the citizens decided whether or not to ratify the new Constitution of the Republic.

Ariel Santana Santiesteban, first secretary of the PCC in
the province, casting his vote.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- Although the figures are still preliminary, that percentage of inflow the polling places shows the confidence of the citizens in the electoral system and also their interest in express an opinion about the new Magna Carta, approved by Parliament last December after being submitted to popular consultation for almost four months.

Jaime Chiang Vega, president of the Provincial
Assembly of the People's PowerFrom early on, Las Tunas inhabitants went to the polls, to the point that one of every three voters had voted in the first two hours. At the noon time, participation already exceeded 63 percent of the more than 421 thousand people entitled to do so.

From the 16-year-old adolescents who voted for the first time to centenarians, the population of this eastern territory did not want to miss this historic day in which the future of the nation has been decided. A total of 282 polling stations were set up in Las Tunas whose ballot boxes were guarded by 11,000 girls and boys of primary and secondary education.

"Today is a very special day for Las Tunas, the Constitution contains inherited values from Martí and Fidel legacies, it demonstrates the continuity of the Cuban process and fidelity with our predecessors," said Ariel Santana Santiesteban, member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and its first secretary in the province, after casting his vote. "Cuba, he said, sends a message through the constitutional referendum that socialism is the most viable system and the only alternative for our people."

Jaime Chiang Vega, president of the Provincial Assembly of the People's Power, meant the importance of holding the referendum on this day, when a new anniversary of the start of the Necessary War, organized by José Martí, the Cuban National Hero, is commemorated. "It is a high honor for all Cubans; it is a commitment with the work of the Revolution for 60 years," affirmed to reiterate his confidence that the Yes vote would prevail. "This Constitution has been built among all the people," he concluded.