Through free, direct and secret voting, the 1,199 delegates of Popular Power in the territory decide who will occupy these positions, based on the candidacy proposed by the President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
In this southeastern province, the Cuban president proposes Manuel Falcón Hernández for the highest governmental responsibility, and Waldis González Peinado as vice governor.
In an extraordinary session of the nine municipal assemblies of the People’s Power, at 9:00 a.m. this Saturday the elections began with the presentation of the candidates’ biography, a document that the Provincial Electoral Council sent to each of the delegates on Wednesday. last.
The Magna Carta of the Republic of Cuba establishes the election of the provincial governor and vice-governor for a period of five years.
At the head of the Provincial Government Council, the governor has the responsibility of directing the economic and social development of the territory, in accordance with the general objectives of the country.
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