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| Using the free, equal and secret suffrage, according to the Electoral Act 1992, those in the register of voters will also elect the 1269 delegates to 15 provincial assemblies of People's Power, in nearly 30,000 polling stations enabled in the country, Prensa Latina reported. Balseiro told reporters that they have created the conditions to ensure a massive attendance for election, as is tradition in Cuba.  Over 225,000 election officials were appointed to these elections, about 150,000 of them will work at the polling stations directly. Those citizens received the necessary training to ensure the success of the elections, and the system was subjected to a dynamic test on Sunday, which allowed us to detect and correct problems, said the president of the CEN. The election for members of parliament and provincial deputies is the second part of the general elections 2012-2013, convened in Cuba last July by the State Council.
Critics howbeit, note that the number of candidates vying for seats in the legislature's next five-year-long term is identical to the number of open seats, leaving little suspense about the outcome.
However, about two thirds of this year's candidates are running for the first time, raising hopes that the election will bring some change to the country.
Also up for grabs on Sunday are 1,269 seats in 15 provincial assemblies.
"It is a farce," former political prisoner Oscar Espinosa Chepe told the AFP news agency.
Another prominent opposition figure, Elizardo Sanchez, called the election "a race with only one horse" - since the Communist Party is the only one running.
Cuban authorities, however, hail the electoral system as a grass-roots democracy since all nominees are elected by municipal delegates and by citizen assemblies.
Word for the Day: Be known for pleasing others, espcecially if you govern them...Ruling others has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else - Baltasar Gracián
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