The suspicions raised in the Cuban population by the 76% participation in the parliamentary elections of this March 26 reported by the Government do not make a dent in part of the provincial official press, which even up the stop and registers even more influx.
Thus, as read in Invader, Ciego de Ávila breaks the recordwith an attendance at the polls to elect its 23 deputies for the National Assembly of People’s Power of more than 86%.
The Matanzas province It follows closely, with a record – always according to official figures – of “more than 83.86%” of the electoral roll. For him regional newspaper of Artemisathe influx figure of 81.15% compares with “the heroic deed of Moncada seven decades ago.”
In Pinar del Rio, the ruling party reports an 80.93% participation, and in Camaguey, 79.51%. “More than 78%” registered in Sancti Spiritusalmost the same as in Villa Clara, a 78.08%.
The province of Granma was limited to replicate the national figure of 75.92% attendance to inform that its 34 deputies were elected.
Opposite these provinces, the highly populated Mayabeque, Hundred fires, Holguin and Guantanamo. But the most eloquent silence is that of the two main regions of the country, Havana and Santiago de Cuba, which have not yet produced specific results.
One of the complaints made by international organizations against these elections is precisely that the regime did not allow the presence of independent observers.
Meanwhile, the two main official national media, Granma and rebel youthhave been out of service since early Monday morning.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who had qualified this appointment with the ballot box for “revolutionary victory”, was expressed in social networks about the results. “Despite the draconian measures of the United States, despite the fierce campaign and the calls for abstentionism, Cuba won,” she wrote via Twitter, specifying the official figures.
“There are numbers that say more than words: 75.92% participation and 72.10% UNITED VOTE [sic]in the midst of so many difficulties, it’s a clean home run,” he said in baseball language, just a week after the defeat of the Cuban team against the American in the semifinals of the World Classic in Miami.
Citizen mistrust is based on the observation of the polling stations, almost empty throughout the day on Sunday. After the polls closed, they did not post the preliminary results in each establishment either. “Is there a place or place where you can check the results at the province and municipality level, even at the electoral college level?” asks a user of this Monday. cubadebate.
Another reader replies: “You can go to your municipal assembly to find out, you could also be at your polling station at the time of the count, because, by law, anyone who wants to can participate and observe.”
One of the denunciations of the international organizations against these elections is, precisely, that the regime did not allow the presence of observers independent, and even more, harassed the activists who announced that they would monitor the schools.
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