The Cuban revolutionary people gave on February 24 another sample of its human greatness and the vigor of the fibers of which it is made. The result of the Constitutional Referendum this Sunday is the highest point of a process built from realism, boldness, permanent dissent and the sense of the historical moment of the revolutionary leadership and from the collective thought, the sharpness and the desires of our immense town.
The new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba was popularly approved with 86.85 percent of the votes cast, informed Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez, president of the National Electoral Commission. Of the total ballots deposited in ballot boxes, 7,522,569 were valid, 127,100 were canceled and 198,674 were blank. The authority said that 6 million 816 thousand 169 voters voted YES and 706 thousand 400 opted for the NO.
(Embacuba Austria)