Cuban people’s democracy in practice

The quest for productivity and economic sovereignty

     The First Ordinary Session of the Tenth Legislative Assembly of People’s Power was held at the Palace of Conventions in Havana on July 22-23, 2023.  So-called for its being the tenth legislative assembly to be constituted since the system of people’s power was established by the Cuban Constitution of 1976.  Each legislative assembly has a term of five years; it meets regularly in ordinary sessions, and extraordinary sessions can be convoked as there is need.  The July 22-23 ordinary session was the first in the current legislature’s term. 

     The Tenth Legislative Assembly was established by the elections of 2022-2023.  Some 55% of the 470 deputies are women, 45% are blacks and mulattos, and 95% are college graduates.  All sectors of the society are represented, including production, service, the press, education, health, science, culture, sport, students, religion, the military, and owners of small-scale private enterprises.  Voter participation rate in the first stage of the e…