Although she was already a lawmaker at the 9th Legislature, for her that condition continues to be a challenge, and “actually it is an acknowledgment because I am not a grassroots delegate, but I could be like many worthy Cubans.”

“It is also assumed with fear for all the work of the deputies, in addition to the country’s complex scenario with many problems and accumulated demands, and we are precisely part of that people who elect us,” she said.

In statements to Prensa Latina, Saladrigas emphasized that in Cuba’s parliamentary system, “People’s Power is based on the constituency of each neighborhood, so commitment is great, and in the 9th Legislature alone we approved 30 laws, gathered in the Constitution of 2019.”

She also recognized that “we can do this work fairly well because we have this system of representatives of the people, who are actually the architects who demand the transformation, the success of the Assembly will depend on it.”

Regarding the transparency of having her condition in the Cuban legislative system, she added that “being a lawmaker and that it is not a professional position, seems to me one of the greatest riches, the essence of the Assembly also because we belong to all sectors of society, so the statements have to be also the most heterogeneous.”

Regarding the prospects that the deputies elected by the people will face on March 26, she pointed out that “there are many problems, many challenges, but the mentality must be how citizens become the protagonists of the transformations, and for this we travel the country and we know the people’s situations more closely.”

However, the fundamental thing is that “if I am the director of a media outlet, then seeing how my workers get involved to make my space a better place, for a better country, and thus in each social mission, also has that this will be the basis and premise of parliament.”

In February, the parliamentary candidates to the National People’s Power Assembly are visiting communities, institutions, and production centers throughout the country to understand the concerns of their constituents better, in a program that will last until the week prior to the election date on March 26. jg/rgh/fam