Cuban Parliament Publishes Four New Draft Laws

The National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba today published the draft laws on the Labor Code, Agricultural and Forestry Land, Housing, and the Organization of the Central State Administration.

 The website of the Caribbean nation’s Parliament also includes an email address for promoting citizen participation in the legislative process. Contributing to the legal awareness of the population.

Also the first of these proposed regulations updates and refines the rules that guarantee the protection of rights and the fulfillment of duties. Arising from the individual employment relationship between workers and employers, regardless of the sector in which they work.

It also emphasizes work as a fundamental value, constituting a right, a social duty. A source of honor for all people able to work, and the essential means for them to satisfy their material, personal, and spiritual needs.

Furthermore, it establishes workers’ rights and the judicial, institutional, and union mechanisms for their recognition. It also addresses collective labor relations through the effective participation of workers and collective bargaining.

The second bill proposes updating the legal framework for the ownership, possession, inheritance, and use of land and agricultural assets. As well as their systematic unification.

Its objective is the proper regulation, management, and administration of land as a fundamental means of production. In support of agricultural development, as the basis for food sovereignty, the revitalization of rural areas, and social justice. Within the Cuban socialist economic and social development model.

The Housing Bill aims to establish and regulate how the State ensures the right of individuals. To adequate housing and a safe and healthy living environment, based on climate resilience and energy efficiency criteria.

Meanwhile, the proposed regulation on the Organization of the Central State Administration governs the general principles of this entity. It determines the number, names, missions, and functions of the ministries and other agencies that comprise it.

These draft bills are available for review on the National Assembly’s website: https://www.parlamentocubano.gob.cu. Pending public comment as part of the discussion process prior to their approval.

With information from Prensa Latina