Havana, July 17 – Deputies of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament) will debate today the progress of the Caribbean country's energy recovery and popular control mechanisms.
On the second day of the Fifth Ordinary Session, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, will report to legislators on the progress of the Government Program to recover the National Electro-energetic System.
The parliamentary agenda includes the approval of the Foreign Policy Guidelines for the 2025-2028 period and the accountability of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation.
Deputies will also learn about the improvement of institutional and popular control mechanisms.
The day before, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero addressed the progress of the Government program to correct distortions and revive the economy in the ordinary session.
As part of the strategic novelties, Marrero announced that in the second half of the year it will begin the transformation of the official exchange market, including a comprehensive update of the system of exchange regimes in the different monetary circuits.
The head of government also reported on the increase in pensions for those receiving less than four thousand pesos for age, disability or a unified pension resulting from the death of a spouse.
"There are many challenges we must overcome, including the gradual solution to the problems that most affect the population (...)We consider that in this purpose, what is provided for in the program, the path mapped out, is the right one," he stressed.
He emphasized that despite living in a context of economic war, the Cuban government is determined to continue defending the achievements of the Revolution and building a sovereign, independent, socialist, democratic, prosperous, and sustainable society with all and for the good of all. (Source: Prensa Latina)