{"id":249460,"date":"2022-02-20T06:41:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T11:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=249460"},"modified":"2022-02-20T06:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T11:41:34","slug":"opinion-on-the-family-code-also-from-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/opinion-on-the-family-code-also-from-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion on the Family Code, also from abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is not necessary to be physically in Cuba to send to the authorities any proposal or opinion on the new <\/span>Family Code<\/span><\/a>. This was stated by the authorities themselves, who reported that as of this week all Cubans who are abroad can do so, if they so wish, through a space enabled on the <\/span>Naci\u00f3n y Emigraci\u00f3n <\/span><\/i>website<\/span><\/a> of the island\u2019s Foreign Ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the impossibility of participating in the in-person debates that are taking place in the country until the end of April, those who are outside of Cuba now have this alternative of issuing their criteria on a legislation that seeks to update the established regulations on family dynamics and relationships in its broadest spectrum and which is currently a source of controversy and conflicting positions on aspects such as same-sex marriage, adoption, domestic and gender violence, and parental responsibility in substitution of the concept of custody.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faced with this scenario, the Cuban government, while defending the <\/span>draft of the Code<\/span><\/a> \u2015 considering that it responds to the current diversity of Cuban families and offers more opportunities and rights to all its members \u2015, is also promoting specialized information spaces and a popular consultation with the declared objective of collecting the population\u2019s criteria on the subject for consideration in the final text and, thereby, measuring the social temperature in the face of the referendum that must finally decide whether or not to approve the Code. And in this sense, the inclusion of Cubans who are abroad opens up the value range even more and is consistent with the reality of the country and its large community that travels or resides beyond its borders.<\/span><\/p>\n

The participation of <\/span>those who are outside the island<\/span><\/a> seeks to contribute to the \u201ccollective creation\u201d of the new legislation, as well as to promote, through this \u201cdemocratic exercise,\u201d the elaboration of \u201ca more modern Family Code, which addresses the transnational dimension of the Cuban family and seeks to strengthen the bond and communication between its members,\u201d Ernesto Sober\u00f3n Guzm\u00e1n, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) general director of consular affairs and attention to Cubans residing abroad, said at a press conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, it is part of \u201cthe will to strengthen and diversify relations between Cuba and its nationals abroad,\u201d for which, according to the diplomat, the island\u2019s government is promoting the participation of Cubans residing in other nations. in different processes of the country. In this sense, the official mentioned as background the consultation prior to the approval of the current Magna Carta, in which, he said, people living in more than 130 countries participated, and 40% of their opinions were considered for the final text of the Constitution. Similarly, he considered that this process also becomes a precedent for future consultations on other issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, this possibility of participation has the relevance of opening up at a time when the pandemic makes it difficult for a group of Cubans who are outside the island to return to the country and has made it necessary to maintain a set of measures to facilitate their situation. \u201cThis channel that we have enabled aims to ensure that no one is prevented from giving their opinion, wherever they are, and thus fulfill the fundamental objective of promoting participation in this process and that Cubans abroad can express their opinions to contribute to the drawing up of the Code, as already happened in the consultation for the Constitution,\u201d Sober\u00f3n commented to <\/span>OnCuba<\/b> in statements in which, however, he reiterated that \u201cthis participation is totally voluntary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

MINREX: se mantienen \u201chasta nuevo aviso\u201d medidas para los cubanos en el exterior por la pandemia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n