Cuba's Legislature To Be
Convened On Feb. 24
The Cuban National
Assembly of People's
Power will be convened
on Feb. 24, Cuba's
acting leader Raul
Castro announced on
Saturday.
The 614 deputies elected
in the Jan. 20 polls
will be called to meet
in the International
Conference Center in
Havana on Feb. 24 to
create the country's new
legislature, Cuba's
official news agency
Prensa Latina reported,
quoting a statement from
Raul Castro.
The deputies, who are to
serve a five-year-term,
will also choose the
assembly's president,
vice president and
secretary-general, said
the statement.
It said members of
Cuba's Council of State
will also be elected by
the deputies of the
assembly, which is the
supreme organ of state
and the sole legislative
authority.
Under Cuba's
constitution, the
national assembly
chooses 31 of its
members to form the
Council of State, whose
leader will be Cuba's
president.
According to Cuba's
National Election
Commission, some 8.23
million Cubans cast
their ballots on Jan.
20, with a turnout of
96. 89 percent.
Fidel Castro, the
country's top leader who
is convalescing from
gastro-intestinal
surgery in July 2006 and
temporarily handed over
his power to Raul
Castro, was reelected as
the assembly's deputy
with an approval rate of
98.26 percent.
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