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Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba to hold VI Plenary Session

Photo: Presidencia Cuba

May 23 |

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) will hold this Tuesday the VI Plenary to evaluate the fulfillment of the guidelines of the economic and social policy of the organization and the Revolution in the current context.

The member of the Secretariat and head of the productive economic department, Joel Queipo, explained that the conclave will fulfill the mandate of the Eighth Party Congress to systematically evaluate the implementation of the main guidelines of the Cuban socialist development model.

Likewise, the meeting will serve to verify the fulfillment of the guidelines of the economic and social policy of the Cuban Revolution in a context characterized by the worsening of the economic situation of the Caribbean nation, the international crisis and the intensification of the US blockade.

According to the communist leader, the grassroots structures of the PCC up to the level of the Central Committee give high priority to the analysis on the application of those strategies for the advancement of the country.

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Since the last congress of the organization, there have been 1,200 signposts in more than 48,000 party nuclei in workplaces and communities, Queipo affirmed.

The cadre argued that the greatest concerns are in the primary sector of the economy; food production, transportation, difficulties with the supply of electric energy, housing construction, and the production and commercialization of medicines.

Queipo emphasized in his television appearance that the debates of the militancy have been critical, but from the commitment with the solution of the problems, convinced that the way to have a positive impact on the population is by increasing the supply of goods and services.

Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the CCPCC, pointed out that the next VI Plenum will include the discussion of two projects: one on the code of ethics for cadres and the other on the call for the Second Conference of the Party, next October.

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