Cuba's System By Thursday Night

[ComradeJunichi]

Remember when Thursday Night posted a long post on the Cuban political system? I need that, he posted it here on Che-Lives before. I need it as soon as possible. Can someone please find it and post it here for me. It would be much appreciated.

[Saint-Just]

I don't think I have found it, but here is what I did find:

Maybe I should explain how people’s democracy works in Cuba. First of all yes, there is only one-party (Communist Party of Cuba). However, it is by law not allowed to field candidates for elections. Members of local people’s councils are popularly elected from the people by the people, and members of the National Assembly of People’s Power are nominated by mass people’s organizations (such as woman’s organizations, trade unions, student groups, youth clubs etc.) and then elected by the people. Some thirty-five to forty percent of the members of the National Assembly are not members of the Party. If you are still not convinced, I can get the accurate statistics for just who makes up the National Assembly.


First of all, I have been to Cuba and I can tell you that it is a very democratic people’s socialist country. Delegates to local people’s councils, provincial assemblies and the national parliament National Assembly of People’s Power are all nominated by people’s organizations such as woman’s groups, trade unions, youth groups and so on. The populace then directly elects them.


This is simply not the truth, and I will use Cuba as a fine example of socialist democracy. The National Assembly of People’s Power is an elected parliament (similar to America’s House of Representatives or England’s House of Commons). The election process is slightly different than capitalist ‘democracies.’ Candidates are nominated by mass people’s organizations (woman’s organizations, trade unions, youth groups, student blocs etc. etc.) and then elected by the people. You do not have to be a Communist Party member (in the last National Assembly some 30-35% were not). On a regional basis provincial legislatures and people’s councils are nominated and elected on a similar fashion.

[Lefty]

Thanks. I'd kinda wondered about that, but never really researched the subject.

[ComradeJunichi]

Thanks comrade Mao. Our comrade thursday night has PMed me on my board with information and links. I needed the exact details of the Cuban political structure. Thanks for your help, cheers.