As has been happening in recent years, in parallel with the prolonged and worsening economic crisis that Cuba is suffering, the economy will once again focus the next sessions of the National Assembly.
These sessions will take place in mid-December, first with the work of the different commissions, and then at the plenary level, with the participation of the country’s highest authorities.
The commissions will meet on December 15, 16 and 17 to analyze “more than 90 issues on the national agenda, which directly impact the population,” according to the official calllaunched this Wednesday by the Cuban parliament.
For its part, the plenary sessions will begin on the morning of the 18th at the Havana Convention Palace. “The compliance and impact of the measures of the Government Program to correct distortions and re-boost the economy” will be evaluated, the controversial anti-crisis plan that it was just made public by the authorities.
In addition, according to the call, “the objectives and goals of the economy for next year will be presented,” and the draft law on the State budget for 2026 will be analyzed.
Likewise, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) and the Provincial Government of Ciego de Ávila will report to the deputies, and bills and “the highest oversight of the Ministry of Justice” will be analyzed, among “other topics of interest.”
#Cuba | Convened Sixth Ordinary Period of Sessions of the National Assembly of the #PopularPowerin its 10th Legislature
Starting at 9:00 am on December 18 of the current year, at the Havana Convention Palace.https://t.co/eukccxlcUd
— National Assembly of Cuba (@AsambleaCuba) November 26, 2025
Aggravated crisis
This session takes place in the midst of an economic crisis aggravated by the recent impact of the powerful Hurricane Melissa, which has deepened the difficulties suffered by Cubans.
The meteor strike has added to the energy crisis that the country is suffering with with prolonged blackouts due to breakdowns, lack of fuel and maintenance on obsolete thermoelectric plants, as well as high inflation, growing dollarization and shortages of basic products, among other problems.
Before the parliamentary meeting, a new plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) will be held on December 12 and 13. The partisan forum will also focus its debates on the economy and the serious damage that Melissa left in the eastern region of the island.
As recently reported by the formation, the session will also evaluate compliance with the so-called Government Program to correct distortions and re-boost the economy, the set of reforms and savings measures in the face of the crisis.
For 2025, gross domestic product (GDP) growth was set at 1%, which the country will not achieve. The latest forecast from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) estimates an economic contraction for the island of 1.5%, the second worst projection in the region, only behind Haiti.
The Cuban economy has contracted 11% in the last five years due to the combination of the pandemic, the tightening of US sanctions and failed internal monetary and economic measures.
EFE / OnCuba
