Cuban parliament holds session with the presence of Raul and Diaz-Canel

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 21 (ACN) The 8th ordinary period of sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), in its 9th Legislature, is already underway, with the presence of Army General Raul Castro, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, and Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country.

Today, in the plenary session of the Havana Convention Center, the deputies will be presented with the summary of the economy for 2021 and the plan and the draft law on the State budget for next year, matters on which they have been involved in commissions these days, assessing in detail the progress, shortcomings and challenges of the country in the current scenario.

Also, the work agenda for this Tuesday includes the analysis of the draft laws on Territorial and Urban Planning and Land Management, the Military Courts, the Military Criminal Procedure and the Family Code, with the opinions of the corresponding commissions.

The activities that preceded the 8th ordinary period of sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power, in its 9th Legislature, have been intense, where the parliamentarians have reviewed pressing problems of the economy and society, after almost two years of confronting the pandemic and the tightening of the U.S. blockade.

They also received an update on the main programs and tasks in which the Ministries of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Domestic Trade, Agriculture and Food Industry are involved, on which they expressed their concerns, criteria and proposals for solutions to problems affecting the population and the country.