The 10th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba began this Friday its first day of reflections on the essential issues of today's Cuban society, headed by the First Secretary of the vanguard political organization and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
From the Plenary Hall of the Palace of the Revolution, the meeting of the highest leadership body of the Party -which will last until this Saturday- opened its work session analyzing the movements of cadres of the Central Committee, as well as reviewing the fulfillment of the agreements derived from previous meetings. But before that, it had as first portico words of the member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Roberto Morales Ojeda.
"Cuba is going through one of the most complex stages of its history, we are living in very challenging times, of prolonged and intensified blockade policy, of economic difficulties and external pressures that try to bend the spirit of a people that has demonstrated, time and again, its capacity of resistance and dignity", expressed the party leader, who stated that "the circumstances are hard".
In basing the above statement, the member of the Political Bureau recalled that "shortages, limitations and attempts of discouragement knock on doors and consciences". In the midst of these adversities, he said, "every day becomes a challenge, but also an opportunity to reaffirm our conviction that socialism is the way; and unity, our strength".
Morales Ojeda valued that "this 10th Plenary Session of our Communist Party acquires a vital importance, because the Party is the force and compass that guides towards the collective welfare, and it is up to it to watch over the needs of the people".
"Let us analyze the problems in depth; let us define the actions that bring their solution closer; and let us compel the mobilization of the nation towards the search for results," stressed the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, who also expressed to those present: "Close to commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the Attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks; a few hours before the 70th anniversary of Fidel's departure to Mexico, to undertake the definitive epic for the independence and freedom of the Homeland, we begin the 10th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba".
The important party meeting that began this Friday morning was attended by the Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, as well as the Commander of the Rebel Army, José Ramón Machado Ventura. Also present in the Plenary Hall, as guests, were Army Corps General and Vice Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), Joaquín Quinta Solá; Vice Prime Minister Eduardo Martínez Díaz; as well as the First Secretaries of the Provincial Committees of the Communist Party of Mayabeque, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Ciego de Avila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Granma, Guantánamo, and the Special Municipality of Isla de la Juventud; among other comrades of the Auxiliary Structure of the Central Committee of the Party and the Government.
In the point referring to the movements of members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the new proposals for co-optation as members of the highest leadership structure of the political organization were presented. They were Major General Raúl Villar Kessel, Chief of the Central Army; Brigadier General Oscar A. Callejas Varcalce, head of the Political Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior; and Magda Resik Aguirre, First Vice President of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). All three received the unanimous approval of the 10th Plenary.
