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Weekly Report - 25 May 2017 (WR-17-20)
CUBA: Gearing up for elections
Cuban state media announced on 18 May that the interior ministry will commence updating the electoral roll for “the upcoming electoral process”. It gave no details about the elections themselves but they stand to be the most intriguing since the organs of popular power were established in 1976. This is because President Raúl Castro has announced that he will step down in February 2018. The media gave no date for the start of the electoral process but customarily it begins with municipal elections in October.
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