The 10th Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power today debates transcendental issues for the population such as food, price control and the national energy system.
On the second day of the First Ordinary Session, the implementation of the Law on Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutritional Security will be evaluated, a regulation that aims to improve the processes of production, processing, marketing and consumption of food, based on the endogenous capacities of each territory.
The law is of utmost importance for the country, as it refers to a core issue such as food, and is in line with the provisions of the current Constitution, but the great challenge lies in its proper implementation.
The effectiveness of the measures adopted for the control of prices will also be debated by the parliamentarians, since the constant increases in various products and services continue to be a concern of the people.
Also of interest to the population will be the debates on the current situation and perspectives of the country’s energy system, a sector which has suffered instability in recent times due to plant breakdowns and fuel shortages.
The deputies will also receive an update on the State’s foreign policy guidelines.
They will also evaluate the Draft Agreement that regulates a link with the electors of the territory where they were elected, a point that was left pending from the previous day, and which is an essential issue to be able to analyze issues of citizen interest.
Lazo pointed out that there are only a few days left to celebrate the patriotic date that commemorates the anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes barracks.
‘On this day, the memory and tribute to those who fell, especially to their leader, Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, who led the centenary generation of young people willing to give their lives to transform our homeland,’ he said.
Lazo, who is also the president of the Council of State, underlined that two of the protagonists of the historic event are participating in the Assembly’s session: the leader of the Revolution, Raul Castro; and Commander Ramiro Valdes.
Raul and Ramiro are examples of firmness, loyalty and boundless commitment to the homeland, the people and the project for which they fought,’ he stressed.
The head of the legislative body stressed that Santiago de Cuba was chosen to host the main event not only for historical reasons, but also for the result of its work.
Cuban Parliament approves policy aimed at children and youth
The members of that body discussed and endorsed the initiative, which mainstreams the rights of Cuban children, adolescents and youth, and conceives them as agents of social and cultural transformation.
When presenting the proposal for an opinion on this policy, the president of the ANPP Commission for Youth, Childhood, and Women’s Equality Rights, Arelys Santana, stated that she seeks to articulate the factors involved in the care and protection of these people at all stages of their lives.
The initiative, which had an intersectoral and multidisciplinary elaboration in which civil society actively participated, contains a systematization of the background, the current and demographic situation, potentialities, and an exhaustive description of the general and specific problems related to these groups.
Santana expressed that the implementation requires comprehensive actions, aimed at ensuring that in the environment where they operate, the social, human and material conditions exist to guarantee the promotion and empowerment of their full development.
For his part, Vice Prime Minister Jorge Luis Perdomo specified that the policy comprises a total of 120 actions, of which 92 correspond to the first stage of its implementation, from 2023 to 2025, and the rest to the period from 2026 to 2030.
He added that it is an open proposal, which will continue to grow, and that it is articulated with the Policy for Attention to Demographic Dynamics, the National Plan for Economic and Social Development, the Program for the Advancement of Women, and the Program to Fight Racism and Racial Discrimination, among other initiatives.
According to Perdomo, with the approval of this policy, the basis for a bill that replaces the current Childhood and Youth Code, in force since 1978, will be ready.
In turn, Deputy José Carlos Cruz, from the central province of Ciego de Ávila, considered that this proposal is strategic for the country, because it ensures the continuity of the revolutionary process, and ratifies the will of the State to work for the benefit of children, adolescents and young people, while taking into account criteria issued by themselves.
Meanwhile, young legislator Karla Santana, from Havana, stressed that the document has the virtue of thinking of a better future for her and her peers, and also provides the tools to achieve that future.
