New measures to be implemented in 2024, in order to correct distortions and boost the economy, were presented yesterday, on the first day of the Second Ordinary Session of the 10th Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), which was attended by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic.
In presenting the theme, the member of the Political Bureau of the Party and Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, emphasized the need to revitalize the national production of goods and services, as the fundamental basis of a strategy that, while eliminating subsidies and generating new incentives, without neglecting the social protection of the most vulnerable, accelerate the creation of conditions for the economic growth of the nation.
Marrero Cruz invoked the faith in the victory of the Cuban people and the historical leadership of the Revolution, always capable of getting out of complex situations such as the current one. He cited, then, Raul's conviction that yes, it was possible, yes, it is possible and yes, it will be possible.
The deputies discussed the economic results for the year 2023, which were much lower than expected, and approved the objectives and goals of the plan for 2024, as well as the Budget Law for next year.
Prior to the analysis of the parliamentary agenda, a declaration of condemnation of the genocide of the Government of Israel against Palestine, which, with the consent and complicity of the US administration, massacres thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, was unanimously approved. The text made an urgent call for a cease-fire and the start of negotiations between the parties.
Today, information will be provided on the implementation of the Family Code and Law No. 113 on Criminal Procedure, the report on the exercise of the highest supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture will be presented, and the Ministry of Industries and the provincial governments of the People's Power of Las Tunas and Cienfuegos will render an account.
