{"id":248011,"date":"2022-01-14T13:02:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=248011"},"modified":"2022-01-14T13:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:02:59","slug":"cuba-family-code-bill-published-in-official-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-family-code-bill-published-in-official-gazette\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: Family Code bill published in Official Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bill of the new <\/span>Family Code<\/span><\/a>, recently approved by Cuba\u2019s National Assembly, was published this Wednesday in the <\/span>Gaceta Oficial de la Rep\u00fablica<\/span><\/i><\/a>, with a view to the popular consultation process, which will begin on February 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a <\/span>news item<\/span><\/a> from the Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) news agency, the text is also available on the ANPP website, with the modifications agreed by the Cuban parliamentarians in the course of their analysis, held during <\/span>last December<\/span><\/a>\u2019s Eighth Ordinary Period of Sessions of the 9th Legislature.<\/span><\/p>\n

The document, which had 23 versions, is the result of an extensive consultation process with experts and organizations, valued by Cuban Minister of Justice Oscar Silvera Mart\u00ednez as \u201ccontributive, intense and a lot of work, but essential to achieve a draft and of high quality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The new proposal for the <\/span>Family Code<\/span><\/a> has an \u201cinclusive character, is respectful of international treaties and recognizes the rights of each person in the family environment,\u201d according to the ACN, which recalls that it includes among its fundamental aspects the protection of all expressions of family diversity and the right of each person to form a family in coherence with the new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, enacted in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding the prior popular consultation process \u2014 established in the country\u2019s new Magna Carta as a preliminary step for its possible subsequent approval by referendum \u2014, Alina Balseiro Guti\u00e9rrez, president of the National Electoral Council (CEN), reported that more than 78,000 meeting points at the constituency level have been established for its implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the official, constituency electoral commissions were set up to organize these exchanges, as well as special commissions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).<\/span><\/p>\n

Also scheduled throughout the month of January is the training of constituency electoral authorities, special commissions and information processing groups, in which the National Union of Jurists and other institutions will participate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Family Code, a guide for debate (IV)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n