Havana, 25 September 2022. The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, exercised his right to vote this Sunday in the popular referendum on the Family Code.
Early in the morning, he arrived at Polling Station 2, belonging to the 60th constituency, in the Siboney neighborhood, in the Havana municipality of Playa.
Upon his arrival, he greeted the neighbors waiting in line to participate in the voting. He was interested in the number of voters in the area. He commented on the situation of the meteorological event approaching Cuba.
Inside the school, Rebeca López Ratón, President of the Electoral Table, welcomed the Army General, who also greeted the other members.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel said on Sunday that Cuba grew up in the process generated by the new Family Code, and expressed confidence in its approval in today's referendum.
In statements to reporters after exercising his right to vote, the president pointed out that although there should not be a unanimous vote, he does expect majority support from citizens. He acknowledged that a part of Cuban society still fails to understand some elements contained in the regulations because, in 62 years of the Revolution, patriarchal criteria have persisted in some people and families.
The head of State added that the process of constructing the Code respected everyone’s right to an opinion, but he regretted that for reasons of belief a part of the citizenry still does not understand that the law respects the type of family that they defend and also protects the rights of other forms of love.
Díaz-Canel noted that a strategy of demonization of the Cuban Revolution, of discredit, is also underway, which generates a lot of hatred towards everything related to it, mainly on social networks.
Source: Granma