The Cuban Council of State informed on Wednesday that the first process of accountability by the delegates to the Municipal People's Power Assemblies to their voters, in the 18th mandate, has been postponed.

Havana, Cuba.- According to a note from the National People’s Power Assembly (Parliament), the process will no longer take place from October 15 to November 30, 2023, as planned, but in the first quarter of 2024.

The text added that the decision results from the country’s current situation regarding power generation, the use of fuel and the interruption of vital services for the population, which could affect the fulfillment of the objectives of the process.

In order to make up for it, the presidents of the Municipal People’s Power assemblies will establish the necessary coordination with the corresponding administrative entities so that, during the rest of this year, the delegates, whose work activities allow it, will be released from their labor duties.

In addition, together with the political, mass and social organizations, the delegates must increase their link and permanent attention to their voters.

The presidents of the municipal assemblies shall also adopt the necessary measures to maintain a systematic control and review of the management of the local administrations, amid the current shortages of resources, in the attention and solution to the approaches, complaints and petitions from the population.

The delegates’ accountability to their voters is one of the most important processes carried out by the People’s Power system, as an expression of Cuba’s socialist democracy. (PL)