Even the 14 and while still subtract four hours for the closing of the polls, had voted more than 7.6 million people, equivalent to 88.4 percent of registered citizens, according to official figures quoted by DPA news agency .
The municipal elections are held every two years and a half to 15 093 delegates elected People”s Power municipal (council) who receive no remuneration for exercising their duties.
Its function is to act as intermediaries between their neighbors and authorities.
The Cuban government urged citizens to vote en masse to express their rejection and the “vicious campaign media “international prisoner by the death of Orlando Zapata, which occurred on February 23, after 83 days on hunger strike.
” It is a vote not only for the candidate or the candidate who we are going to choose today, but it is a yes for the fatherland, for Cuba, socialism, is a yes for the revolution and our political system we adopt, we advocate and we want, “he told State television vice president of the National Electoral Commission, Ruben Perez Rodriguez.
Former President Fidel Castro distance exercised their right to vote. Cuban television showed the president of a polling station in the neighborhood of Vedado, Havana depositing the ballot on behalf of the historic Cuban leader, who has not shown more in public since he left as head of state in July 2006 by a health problem.
“iVoto!” said Migdalia Garcia by introducing the ballot in the ballot box, amid the applause of those present.
President Raul Castro, Fidel”s brother, was the first to vote at your polling place. According to local media, showed up at the school before it opened its doors and, after hearing the national anthem, witnessed the oath of the members of the polling station.
In the election, Cubans have to make a cross on their ballot to elect a candidate from a list that varies between two and eight, depending on the constituency.
Applicants were previously designated in neighborhood assemblies in that anyone was invited to apply or nominate another person as a candidate.
In Cuba, every five years also held elections to Parliament and provincial governmentb2bs. The last general elections were held in January 2008.
In the last municipal elections in October 2007, there was a turnout of 96.49 percent. (Telam) AJL-da 25.04.2010 20:09