By: Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello
During 92 days we will enjoy the spring is the season that follows winter and preceding summer. The spring equinox, which means equal length of day and night, extending from the 20 or March 21 until the summer solstice on 21 or 22 June. For many it is impossible to forget that starting this season of the year 2003, there was a government crackdown that led to imprisonment of 75 dissidents. Thanks to the sacrifice of the women of the same family, known internationally under the name of Ladies White, the murder of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, that life paid their desire for freedom and many other activities carried out by opponents within the country, always with the support of exile not forget this island are in prison only 3 of these men, though there to mourn the death of Miguel Valdés Tamayo.
But the year runs swift and fast and the spring will bring, in April, the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, preceded by a military ceremony in the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana , for which they are already trained for several months, officers and soldiers of various weapons and even students of military schools. Is a tribute to the change of the Revolution, "green as the palm trees" to "red as blood."
In order to meet the targets it has set the Congress, elected in 1000 delegates across the country, fewer than in other occasions that arise as corresponds with the rationality and functionality demanded by the times current. The appointees did not go as was customary from the nuclei of the Party at the grassroots level, but with the secretaries-general assemblies in the municipalities and equivalent bodies of the FAR (Revolutionary Armed Forces and Interior Ministry (Ministry of Interior).
choose a candidate for the new Central Committee of the Communist Party. The current, formed in 1997, would be very difficult set it up from outside, because the amount of defenestrations has been in recent years has declined, in addition to deaths of some of its members.
Despite that nothing has been taken into consideration the opinion of the militants in the lower ranks of the Party, the official review on the subject, speaks of "the exercise of democracy put into effect by nuclei "because had the opportunity to make proposals as consideration, but did not participate in the caucuses. Also is said to be able to review, comment and even object to the composition presented.
Apparently there were differences, recognizing that the city Party committees had to send pictures of that level and in some cases in the province to various organizations, to explain and share with its members on questions and misunderstandings. And even clarifies that the approval of the delegates and candidates at meetings of Secretaries-General of nuclei, occurred with no debate and a unanimous vote.
All this lack of transparency justify the fact that the essence of the Congress will be the analysis of Draft Guidelines for the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution, which was sought integration to enable delegates to provide input to debate the issue in question. Perhaps one could understand that they were assigned the finger, which by its faithfulness to the Party, not place obstacles and approve what is there to say the least 3 days of sessions. In short, between the lines you may notice that the delegates were imposed.
As envisioned the Draft Guidelines was discussed in "popular consultation", which were excluded from opponents who tried to meet on 15 February, with a total 100 guests and the political police only allowed to get 21 people to meet. This is very much agree with the fact that the government considers those who disagree "no people."
work performed a review of new ideas written and once completed, the proposed addition, alteration, deletion doubt and / or concerns will be put in the hands of elected delegates in the form of a new version of the document to be evaluated as Project still before the Congress. But never say whether it will notify the people of these variations.
same thing happened with the new timetable to the layoffs announced by Raul Castro, because the original had to be adjusted because it was not fulfilled as planned, but has not reported anything about it and was unaware the new deadlines and dates.
can say without doubt that all this scaffolding that is armed with successes will carry the approval of a document to the comfort of the party hierarchy, which supports the participants that "there is nothing here to discuss, everything is argued from the base. "
Havana, March 14, 2011.
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