Cuban constitution includes private property
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In a sweeping change, Cuba draws up constitutional change to include private property, among others.
Following the election of a new cabinet, the backwater communist nation’s National Assembly gave nod to critical constitutional amendment.
The constitutional reforms included several progressive steps such as the legalization of gay marriage.
The National Assembly on Sunday approved of amendments to the constitution that proposed setting up of free market under the control of the communist party. The referendum to this end would be conducted later this year.
The new constitution will also set an age limit of 60 for when a new president takes office, allowing only five-year tenure twice.
The new constitution, according to Cuba’s new leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, would unify the people, underpinning bona fide democracy. However, the new constitution conspicuously eliminated the mentions of communism.