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Cuba advances in its legislative process

Havana, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is immersed in an intense legislative activity, aiming to update the country's legal framework and put into practice the norms established in the 2019 Constitution. According to Deputy Leidys Labrador, the new laws approved by the National People’s Power Assembly (Parliament) order essential society processes to strengthen the country's legal system.

Since the last Legislature, she explained to Prensa Latina, parliamentarians have been working on the analysis of draft laws, and it is a procedure that does not end, it continues depending on the legal or juridical needs of the Caribbean nation.

She considered that the Law on Transparency and Access to Information, the Law on Administrative Procedures, the Law on Honorary Titles, and the laws on Migration, Foreigners, and Citizenship, approved in the recently concluded third ordinary period of sessions of the legislative body, are of great importance due to their impact on citizens. Regarding the law on administrative procedures, she said that it responds to the social responsibility that State institutions have to the Cuban people.

She emphasized that the legal instrument on honorary titles “will order the process of recognizing people who, due to their worth in different fields, deserve decorations and medals”.

“These laws are necessary and have been requested for a long time,” Labrador, who also highlighted the importance of the Citizenship and Alien Laws, which establish the status of Cuban citizens, as well as of people who are in the country for different contexts, commented.

The deputy acknowledged that some aspects of the Migration Law have generated debate, but emphasized that the law seeks to regulate the migratory process fairly and equitably, including recovering citizenship on a one-time basis.

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