{"id":214287,"date":"2020-02-22T20:07:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T01:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=214287"},"modified":"2020-02-22T20:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T01:07:11","slug":"first-decree-laws-of-2020-approved-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/first-decree-laws-of-2020-approved-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"First decree-laws of 2020 approved in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Council of State, an organ of the National Assembly of Cuba<\/a> that represents it between its sessions, approved this Thursday two decree-laws, the first of 2020 according to the legislative schedule approved by parliament last December.<\/p>\n

The decree-laws that were passed were the one on the National System of Document and Archive Management, and another on the creation of a national commission to address the issue of genetically modified organisms in Cuban agriculture, the official media reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The press report does not detail the content or specify the date the legal texts will take effect, which until Friday had not been published in the Official Gazette. Nor does it refer to a third decree-law on the work system of Cuban cadres and their reserves, which according to the official schedule published<\/a> in January, also had to be approved on this occasion.<\/p>\n

The same session of the Council of State, in which Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero participated, also took other agreements, such as \u201cupdating what is related to the organization and operation of the working group that directs, coordinates and controls the legislative activity\u201d and that, \u201cuntil the new Law on People\u2019s Courts is issued, the election of the professional judges of provinces and municipalities be carried out by the Provincial Councils of People\u2019s Power.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, the organic regulation of the National Electoral Council was analyzed, following \u201cthe provisions of the current Electoral Law\u201d and, \u201cat the proposal of the Attorney General’s Office, new prosecutors were appointed to serve in that body,\u201d the note<\/a>, also published on the website of the National Assembly, reported.<\/p>\n

Legislative schedule in Cuba: a step forward and some doubts<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n