Cuban Parliamentarians to Debate Cuban Economy

Cuban parliamentarians will debate crucial aspects of Cuban economy during the Third Session of the National Assembly to take place July 5.

The budget planned for 2013, and the estimates till the end of 2014 will
also be at the center of discussions by the deputies during a plenary
session, according to the Social Communication Office of the Parliament.

The implementation of the social and economic guidelines adopted by the
Communist Party will be examined in detail as well as a report to be
submitted by the country’s General Comptroller. The presentation of this
report was preceded by debates by parliamentarians in different provinces by considering the ebbs and flows of internal control and giving their opinions on the issue to enrich the report.

The upcoming plenary session will also count on enough ground to analyze Cuban economy in a report to be submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture one day before the period begins.

The Parliament’s commissions of Economic Issues, Industry and
Construction, and Food and Agriculture, along the other ones on different
topics will meet July 2 and 3 to meet preparatory tasks prior to the plenary session.

Ongoing structural experiments in the two new western provinces of Artemisa and Mayabeque will be analyzed by the legislators as well. A meeting of the Cuban Council of Ministers, on Saturday June 21, which will contribute to the economic debate at the Parliament, agreed to propose the extension of the experiments to till December 2016.