Cuba sees high turnout at polls for referendum on constitutional referendum
Cuba sees high turnout at polls for referendum on constitutional referendum
MARC FRANK AND NELSON ACOSTA
HAVANA
REUTERS
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 24, 2019
UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Cubans flocked to the polls on Sunday in a vote expected to approve a new constitution that institutes modest economic and social changes while maintaining the one-party socialist system.
By afternoon., 75 per cent of the 8.7-million electorate had cast ballots, according to the national electoral commission. Results are due to be announced on Monday.
Debate over the constitution has dominated the country’s politics for months, even as it struggles with economic stagnation and as the deepening crisis in Venezuela brings its ally into the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.
White House national security adviser John Bolton ripped the referendum on Twitter as “another ploy of the Cuban regime to cover up its repression and tyranny.”
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