[NYTr] Alarcon on Municipal elections: In Cuba, the PEOPLE do the nominating

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Alarcon on Nomination Process for Municipal Delegates:
"In Cuba, the eople do the Nominating

Havana, Sept 27 (acn) The president of the Cuban Parliament, Ricardo 
Alarcon, said on Wednesday that everyone on the island is represented 
by each of the thousands of people democratically nominated across the 
nation as candidates to become members of the municipal assemblies.

Speaking during the Round Table daily radio and television program, the 
top legislator analyzed and gave details of the electoral process that 
is underway on the island.

Alarcon recalled that, in Cuba, people choose their candidates and 
elect them by ballot while the votes are counted publicly.

He added that the nominees are not chosen depending on how much money 
they have but based on their merits and principles. He also stressed 
importance of the role of delegates to the municipal assemblies in the 
struggle of the Cuban people to develop and preserve their ideals.

For her part, the president of the National Electoral Commission, Maria 
Esther Reud, said that more than seven million electors participated in 
the nomination of candidates for delegates to municipal assemblies and 
noted that the number of candidates elected was 37,328.