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In 1976, Cuba formally institutionalized the revolution with the adoption of a new constitution, which provided that the legal system be based on the principle of socialist legality. In constructing its legal system, Cuba looked to the countries of the Socialist Bloc for blueprints.
The new constitution was proclaimed as scheduled on 10 April 2019. [4] After being proclaimed, the Constitution of Cuba was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic, ensuring its entry into force. [4] It was also announced that new laws enforcing the constitutional reform of the judicial system must be enacted within 18 months.
[4] [5] Cuba is a one-party state, with the PCC being described as the "superior driving force of the society and the state" in the Constitution of Cuba, and all other political parties are illegal. [5] There is only one candidate for each seat in the Assembly, and all candidates are nominated by committees that are firmly controlled by the PCC.
The new Constitution came into force after being proclaimed by the National Assembly on 10 April 2019. [3] Laws which were passed to enforce the Constitution's reforms to the country's judicial system must be enacted within 18 months. [14] [15] An electoral law detailing the restructuring of government must also be passed within six months.
The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is the sole ruling party of Cuba.It was founded on 3 October 1965 as the successor to the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution, which was in turn made up of the 26th of July Movement and Popular Socialist Party that seized power in Cuba after the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
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The Guáimaro Constitution was the governing document for the República de Cuba en Armas written by the idealistic and politically liberal faction in the insurgency that contested Spanish colonial rule in Cuba and imposed on Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, the conservative who claimed leadership of the independence movement.
The 1901 Constitution of Cuba took effect in Cuba on 20 May 1902, and governments operated under it until it was replaced by the 1940 Constitution of Cuba.It was adopted by delegates to a Constitutional Convention in February 1901, but the United States, then exercising military authority over Cuba following the end of Cuba's war for independence from Spain, withheld its approval until the ...