Raul Castro Attends Constituent
Session of Cuban ParliamentCuba’s First Vice President,
Raul Castro Ruz is attending the historic constituent session of the
new legislature of the Cuban Parliament, underway at Havana’s
Convention Center.
During the session all 614 deputies, who were elected last January
20, will formally take office and will elect the new leadership of the
Parliament and the Cuban Council of State.
According to Cuban Electoral Law, the election will take place by
secret ballot and those who obtain more than 50 percent of the valid
votes will be declared elected.