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PROJECT EMILIA
This project, imbued with a deep love of country, bears the name of one of the Cuban heroes who devoted the best of her fruitful life to the struggle for the independence and freedom of Cuba.
We refer to Emilia Teurbe Tolón, designated in 1950 by the Congress of the Republic of Cuba, to mark the centenary of our national flag, as the incarnation of the Woman of Cuba.
Emilia was the first Cuban woman banished from our country for political reasons. She also had the honor of working on the original Cuban flag that was designed by her husband and poet Miguel Teurbe Tolón, on the initiative of General Narciso Lopez. Born into a wealthy family in the city of Matanzas, she had the human sensitivity to donate her property to benefit the education of the poor.
Those of us who sign this document, inspired by her patriotic example, propose to carry out this project whose main objectives are: the conquest of fundamental human rights, democracy and freedom of the Cuban people.
We assume that Cuba's communist regime bases its legality in the 1976 Constitution, as amended in 2003. In article 69, the Constitution refers to the People's National Assembly as the organ of state power. It also adds that the assembly represents and expresses the sovereign will of the people. To leave no doubt, Article 70 states that the National Assembly of People's Power is the only body with constituent and legislative authority in the Republic of Cuba.
Whereas: We have confirmed for years that the National Assembly of People's Power has transgressed to cede their sovereign rights and power the Council of State.
Whereas: We verified that the National Assembly of People's Power has complied passively and given legal force to all Decree-laws adopted by the Council of State.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has lost its sovereign power by accepting the mandate of the Council of State in convening extraordinary sessions.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has infringed on the freedom of our people by allowing the Council of State to declare as irrevocable in the National Constitution social, political, and ideological ideas contrary to the interests of the Cuban people.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has violated the respect for the views of minorities enshrined in the world's most advanced constitutions and granted extreme power to docile majorities.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power, violating the constitutional principle of the separation and independence of powers, has given the Council of State the power to issue guidelines and impose decisions on the Judiciary.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has ignored the popular will and limited civic freedom by subordinating it to the Local Assemblies of People's Power.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has stipulated that the Local Assemblies of People's Power are subordinated to the Council of State.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has stifled freedom of expression, association, speech and press to those not aligned with the policy and ideology of the state.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has given the government the power to strip Cubans born in our country of their citizenship .
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power, in not objecting to the measures of the Council of State that have sunk into misery and desperation our people, it has become complicit in this infamy.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has exalted one Party above the state and the nation.
Whereas: We have confirmed for years that the National Assembly of People's Power has transgressed to cede their sovereign rights and power the Council of State.
Whereas: We verified that the National Assembly of People's Power has complied passively and given legal force to all Decree-laws adopted by the Council of State.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has lost its sovereign power by accepting the mandate of the Council of State in convening extraordinary sessions.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has infringed on the freedom of our people by allowing the Council of State to declare as irrevocable in the National Constitution social, political, and ideological ideas contrary to the interests of the Cuban people.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has violated the respect for the views of minorities enshrined in the world's most advanced constitutions and granted extreme power to docile majorities.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power, violating the constitutional principle of the separation and independence of powers, has given the Council of State the power to issue guidelines and impose decisions on the Judiciary.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has ignored the popular will and limited civic freedom by subordinating it to the Local Assemblies of People's Power.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has stipulated that the Local Assemblies of People's Power are subordinated to the Council of State.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has stifled freedom of expression, association, speech and press to those not aligned with the policy and ideology of the state.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has given the government the power to strip Cubans born in our country of their citizenship .
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power, in not objecting to the measures of the Council of State that have sunk into misery and desperation our people, it has become complicit in this infamy.
Whereas: The National Assembly of People's Power has exalted one Party above the state and the nation.
Therefore: We declare that these laws, compiled in the 1976 Constitution, constitute an abuse of power that flagrantly violates the dignity of Cuban citizens.
Therefore: The 1976 Constitution, as amended in 2003, permanently institutionalizes the communist regime of Cuba.
Therefore: The 1976 Constitution, as amended in 2003, permanently institutionalizes the communist regime of Cuba.
Therefore: The National Assembly of People's Power has no validity whatsoever and ceases to be the expression of the will of the people by giving the Council of State all the prerogatives enshrined in the Cuban Constitution.
We consider that the current communist constitution violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Human Rights Covenants on Civil and Political Rights of the United Nations.
We agree to declare illegitimate the Communist Constitution and the National Assembly of People's Power with its organs of state power.
We call on the Cuban people to subscribe to this project to take steps toward a sovereign, democratic, free and just Cuba.
We proclaim that the new democratic and free Parliament that emerges from these exigencies is declared in Constitutional Assembly; and ratify a constitution that respects the dignity of all Cubans.
We agree to declare illegitimate the Communist Constitution and the National Assembly of People's Power with its organs of state power.
We call on the Cuban people to subscribe to this project to take steps toward a sovereign, democratic, free and just Cuba.
We proclaim that the new democratic and free Parliament that emerges from these exigencies is declared in Constitutional Assembly; and ratify a constitution that respects the dignity of all Cubans.
We insist that the Constitution contain the bases for the democracy and freedom that so many of our compatriots from our wars of independence have fought and given their lives for.
We demand that the legal system of our country has as a base the democratic principles that prevail in other nations of the civilized world. These are: sovereignty of the people, government based on the consent of the governed, majority rule, minority rights, guarantee of basic human rights, free and fair elections, equality before the law, due process, constitutional limits on government, independent balance of powers, social , economic and political pluralism; as well as the values of tolerance, pragmatism, cooperation and compromise.
We demand that the legal system of our country has as a base the democratic principles that prevail in other nations of the civilized world. These are: sovereignty of the people, government based on the consent of the governed, majority rule, minority rights, guarantee of basic human rights, free and fair elections, equality before the law, due process, constitutional limits on government, independent balance of powers, social , economic and political pluralism; as well as the values of tolerance, pragmatism, cooperation and compromise.
Unfortunately, we have seen through more years than we would like to recall how Cuba's communist regime has not conceded even one atom of freedom and has rigidly and arbitrarily resisted any changes that would ensure a decent life for our people.
Consequently, we have no alternative but to launch the non-violent political challenge to realize the freedom of our people. To do this, we ask the assistance and protection of God, and we ask the Creator to guide us in this just cause for the freedom and prosperity of the Cuban people.
VIVA CUBA LIBRE!
Given in Havana, Cuba, on January 9, 2013
Consequently, we have no alternative but to launch the non-violent political challenge to realize the freedom of our people. To do this, we ask the assistance and protection of God, and we ask the Creator to guide us in this just cause for the freedom and prosperity of the Cuban people.
VIVA CUBA LIBRE!
Given in Havana, Cuba, on January 9, 2013
Source: Blog Punt de Vista
Original Text in Spanish:
PROYECTO EMILIA
Este proyecto, imbuido de un profundo amor patrio, lleva el nombre de una de las heroínas cubanas que dedicó lo mejor de su vida fructífera a la lucha por la independencia y la libertad de Cuba.
Nos referimos a Emilia Teurbe Tolón, designada en 1950 por el Congreso de la República de Cuba, con motivo del centenario de nuestra Bandera Nacional, como la Encarnación de la Mujer de Cuba.
Emilia fue la primera mujer cubana desterrada de nuestra patria por motivos políticos. Tuvo además el honor de laborar en el original de la bandera cubana que fuera diseñada por su esposo y poeta Miguel Teurbe Tolón, a iniciativa del General Narciso López. Perteneciente a una acaudalada familia de la ciudad de Matanzas, tuvo la sensibilidad humana de donar sus bienes en beneficio de la enseñanza de los pobres.
Quienes suscribimos este documento, inspirados en su ejemplo patriótico, nos proponemos realizar este proyecto cuyos objetivos esenciales son: la conquista de los derechos humanos fundamentales, la democracia y la libertad del pueblo cubano.
Partimos de la base de que el régimen comunista de Cuba fundamenta su legalidad en la Constitución de 1976, con sus modificaciones de 2003. En su artículo 69, esta Constitución designa a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular como el órgano de poder del Estado. Asimismo añade que dicha asamblea representa y expresa la voluntad soberana de todo el pueblo. Para no dejar dudas, en su artículo 70 afirma que la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular es el único órgano con potestad constituyente y legislativa en la Republica de Cuba.
Por Cuanto: Hemos confirmado durante años que la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha prevaricado al ceder sus derechos soberanos y su poder al Consejo de Estado.
Por Cuanto: Hemos verificado que la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha acatado pasivamente y dado fuerza legal a todos los Decreto-leyes adoptados por el Consejo de Estado.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha perdido su poder soberano al aceptar el mandato del Consejo de Estado en la convocatoria a sesiones extraordinarias.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha atentado contra la libertad de nuestro pueblo al permitir que el Consejo de Estado declare como irrevocables en la Constitución Nacional ideas políticas, sociales e ideológicas contrarias a los intereses del pueblo cubano.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha violado el respeto a la opinión de las minorías plasmado en las constituciones más avanzadas del mundo y otorgado extremo poder a mayorías dóciles.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha violado el respeto a la opinión de las minorías plasmado en las constituciones más avanzadas del mundo y otorgado extremo poder a mayorías dóciles.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional de Poder Popular, violando el principio constitucional de la separación e independencia de poderes, ha otorgado el Consejo de Estado el poder de dictar pautas e imponer decisiones sobre el Poder Judicial.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha desconocido la voluntad popular y limitado la libertad ciudadana al subordinar a ella las Asambleas Locales del Poder Popular.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha estipulado que la Asambleas Locales del Poder Popular están subordinadas al Consejo de Estado.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha asfixiado la libertad de expresión, asociación, palabra y prensa a los que no se alineen a la política e ideología del Estado.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha otorgado al gobierno la potestad de despojar de su ciudadanía a cubanos nacidos en nuestro territorio nacional.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, al no objetar las medidas del Consejo de Estado que han hundido en la miseria y la desesperación a nuestro pueblo, se ha hecho cómplice de esa infamia.
Por Cuanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ha exaltado a un Partido por encima del estado y de la nación.
Por Tanto: Declaramos que estas leyes, compiladas en la Constitución de 1976, constituyen un abuso de poder que viola flagrantemente la dignidad de los ciudadanos cubanos.
Por Tanto: Declaramos que estas leyes, compiladas en la Constitución de 1976, constituyen un abuso de poder que viola flagrantemente la dignidad de los ciudadanos cubanos.
Por Tanto: La Constitución de 1976, modificada en el 2003, institucionaliza de manera permanente al régimen comunista de Cuba.
Por Tanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular carece de toda validez y deja de ser la expresión de la voluntad del pueblo al otorgarle al Consejo de Estado todas las prerrogativas consagradas en la Constitución Cubana.
Consideramos que la vigente Constitución comunista viola la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos y los Pactos de Derechos Humanos Civiles y Políticos de las Naciones Unidas.
Por Tanto: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular carece de toda validez y deja de ser la expresión de la voluntad del pueblo al otorgarle al Consejo de Estado todas las prerrogativas consagradas en la Constitución Cubana.
Consideramos que la vigente Constitución comunista viola la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos y los Pactos de Derechos Humanos Civiles y Políticos de las Naciones Unidas.
Concordamos en declarar ilegitima a la Constitución Comunista y a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular con sus órganos de poder del Estado.
Convocamos al pueblo cubano a que suscriba este proyecto para dar pasos hacia una Cuba soberana, democrática, libre y justa.
Proclamamos que el nuevo Parlamento democrático y libre surgido de estas exigencias se declare en Constituyente; y rubrique una Constitución que respete la dignidad de todos los cubanos.
Insistimos en que esta Constitución contenga las bases de la democracia y la libertad por la que han luchado y ofrendado sus vidas tantos de nuestros compatriotas desde nuestras guerras de independencia.
Insistimos en que esta Constitución contenga las bases de la democracia y la libertad por la que han luchado y ofrendado sus vidas tantos de nuestros compatriotas desde nuestras guerras de independencia.
Demandamos que el ordenamiento jurídico de nuestra patria tenga como base los principios democráticos que predominan en otras naciones del mundo civilizado. Estos son: Soberanía del pueblo, gobierno basado en el consentimiento de los gobernados, gobierno de la mayoría, derechos de las minorías, garantía de los derechos humanos básicos, elecciones libres y transparentes, igualdad ante la ley, debido proceso judicial, límites constitucionales al gobierno, equilibrio de poderes independientes, pluralismo social, económico y político; así como los valores de tolerancia, pragmatismo, cooperación y compromiso.
Por desgracia, hemos visto a través de más años de los que quisiéramos recordar como el régimen comunista de Cuba no ha concedido ni un átomo de libertad y ha resistido de manera rígida y arbitraria cualquier cambio que garantice una vida digna para nuestro pueblo.
Por desgracia, hemos visto a través de más años de los que quisiéramos recordar como el régimen comunista de Cuba no ha concedido ni un átomo de libertad y ha resistido de manera rígida y arbitraria cualquier cambio que garantice una vida digna para nuestro pueblo.
Por consiguiente, no nos queda otra alternativa que poner en marcha el desafío político no violento para hacer realidad la libertad de nuestro pueblo. Para ello, suplicamos la asistencia y la protección de Dios, así como le pedimos al Creador que nos guie en esta justa causa para lograr la libertad y la prosperidad del pueblo cubano.
¡VIVA CUBA LIBRE!
Dado en La Habana, República de Cuba, el 9 de enero de 2013
Fuente: Blog Punt de Vista
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