The current Agramontista (group of independent lawyers Cubans) is pleased once again to present to you, Dear Reader, another issue of its newsletter, the seventh-, which-as usual, we invite you to discuss, disclose and reproduce. They appear in the various articles and speeches, the text, of course, is the sole responsibility of each of their respective owners. In our previous issue was referred to our President awarding of the prestigious International Award for Human Rights Ludovic Trarieux , which provide together various legal institutions of the Old World (France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Poland, etc.).
On October 19, 2007, after the publication of the previous issue of the Bulletin, was held at the Senate building the Kingdom of Belgium for the ceremony. It could not attend the colleague René Gómez Manzano, whom the communist authorities denied the "exit permit" you need all Cuban citizens to travel abroad, however, did attend his personal representative, the lawyer also Agramontista Juan Escandell Ramírez, a former supporter of numerous political prisoners currently in exile in Florida. Our current is very pleased to now publish this newsletter speeches made on that occasion by Dr. Bertrand Favreau, president of the International Jury awarded the prize, and by its own Escandell. We also include the message that Gomez Manzano, in anticipation of the refusal of the immigration authorities to grant the "exit permit", had previously recorded, of this text include the sentiments of our President, who believes that this award is not only him but all lawyers Agramonte.
The Number 7 is issued when just taken place in our country the inaugural meeting of the Seventh Legislature of the Popular Power National Assembly, which has institutionalized the cessation of Dr. Fidel Castro in the exercise of supreme command, and the designation in property, to take the responsibilities of President of the Councils of State and Ministers Army General Raul Castro Ruz. It remains curious that the premiere of the new Head of State has gone together with a clear infringement of supralegal text now displays the communist regime: According to paragraph d) of Article 93 of the Constitution, one of the powers of the president is to "propose to the Popular Power National Assembly, once elected by the Commission, Council members of Ministers. " As is known, this rule was breached, and also unnecessarily, since according to the intentions announced by the new supreme ruler, well have to be formally ratified in their positions the various ministers, without prejudice to the subsequent implementation restructuring of the central state administration has been announced.
The authorities have stressed the need for change, showing somewhat the scope of the statements made by Army General on 26 July and seven months ago about the need to carry out "structural reforms concepts, "that includes, as already noted, the restructuring of the central state administration as well as removing unnecessary prohibitions, the abolition of the dual currency, increased agricultural production and the elimination of irrational subsidies. In the same statement of 24 February, the new Head of State has said that "there is no fear of discrepancies in a society like ours."
These approaches suggest that the new government will take steps designed to bring the country out of the deep crisis in which it is sunk, and point to the possibility of social norms to achieve more rational and modern, and less exclusive and discriminatory. Hopefully, for the good of Cuba, facts fit the words, and that these desires do not lead to more frustration.
also be welcoming the release of four members of the Group of 75, although in this case with the deplorable condition they leave the national territory. Our current hopes to be producing more releases of political prisoners, and that they are unconditional and without exile.
The new government of the Republic has signed two human rights covenants of the United Nations. This is hardly, of course, the initial step in the process so that our country becomes a party to these conventions, because there is no ratification and deposit official instruments; also worth noting that the Cuban Party has announced that reservations to the text of these statutory bodies. Moreover, it should be noted that before the inauguration of the current president, the communist regime has signed documents that have not been met, as the Declaration of Viña del Mar. We hope that this situation is not repeated in the case of two major international covenants mentioned first, especially when they have a higher legal hierarchy.
In the case of Rolando Jiménez Pozada Agramontista lawyer, to whom we present all the time, we are compelled to note that, unfortunately, remains locked in the prison of El Guayabo in his native Isle of Youth. We must say it is unfair not only incarceration, but he has been rude provocations, such as sneaky aggression against him by several highly dangerous common prisoners, with the consent of the prison authorities (which were locked all together in one area of \u200b\u200bthe prison), beat him savagely, causing serious injury. Current Agramontista once again condemns this cowardly attack and the unjust situation of confinement and isolation that is the colleague and brother of our struggles.
Keeping in mind this situation, Current Agramontista reiterates its appeal for solidarity with our colleague and all political prisoners of our country, and repeat again its just demand: Freedom without exile for Pozada Rolando Jimenez and the other Cubans imprisoned for their ideas!
Havana, March 2008.
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