The Senate of Espain agreed to discuss a request for the Cubans pending to present their nationality files by Memory Law Democratic Party (LMD) can do so electronically, taking into account the difficulties they face in traveling to the consulate in Havana.
The lawyer Estela Marina Pérez Cabrera is the signatory of the request presented in that body on February 6 and seeks a solution in the middle of the sharp fuel crisis that has paralyzed almost all transportation on the island.
The jurist confirmeither on their social networks that your request was answered this Friday by TOngel Luis González, president of the Petitions Commission of the Spanish Senateand member of the Popular Party.
“That means that at least someone read it “and I think it was important,” stated She is also president of the Association of Descendants of Spaniards in the World (ADEM).
The jurist added that from now on two options are open. One is for the Petitions Committee to directly discuss the proposal and approve it. The other variant would be that, either the possibility is open that transfer it to the Justice Commission.
In any case, the Petitions Committee must send the application document to all political parties for study.
Viability in danger
In this case, there are people waiting for credentials to access an in-person appointment and the presentation of documents, as well as those who already have a scheduled date to appear before the consular authorities.
The arrival of fuel to Cuba has been drastically reduced since last January, following the executive order issued by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatening with imposing high tariffs to the countries that supply oil to the island.
This situation led the Cuban Government to reduce transportation from the provinces to the capital to a minimum, a service usually with very high demand.
The only viable alternative so far for people from the interior of the country with scheduled appointments at the Spanish consulate has been the payment of large sums of money to transporters. private to guarantee their transfer.
The presentation of the files through electronic means, which according to the proposal could also be executed by legal representatives or associations of union organizations, would eliminate this great obstacle they face right now potential beneficiaries Cubans of nationality by the Law of Grandchildren.
