At a meeting chaired by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, a working group was set up to prepare proposals to create an institution for the preservation of documentary heritage, the study and dissemination of thought and the work of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.
To complete the hard work, described by Raúl as of the utmost importance and which will be attended by the country's top management, some thirty experts from different specialties and representatives of various agencies, entities and institutions were invited.
As explained by the first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in charge of controlling the fulfillment of this task, is to perpetuate and collect in an institution the valuable information that over the years has gone Treasuring about the activities that the Commander in Chief developed during his fecund life and that are part of the historical memory of the nation.
To this end, Presidential Decree No. 21 was announced, in which the creation of the group of comrades who will elaborate the ideas for the establishment of the aforementioned institution and presided by Alberto Alvariño Atiénzar, who when reporting the schedule, is decided. He said on behalf of all those present that they assumed a historical task, of great political responsibility and to which they would dedicate themselves with absolute consecration.
The Presidential Decree specifies that in the proposals that are submitted, the conceptual bases, principles, mission, functions and structure of the institution must be defined, among other matters.
The decision is in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 123, of December 27, 2016, on the use of the name and figure of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, to name in the future any institution that is created for the study of its invaluable trajectory in the history of the nation.
(Embacuba Austria)