Cuba Civil Society Open Space meets for the 7th time

Cuba Civil Society Open Space meets for the 7th time / 14ymedio
Posted on May 10, 2015

14ymedio, Havana, 8 May 2015 – Some twenty activists, political leaders,
intellectuals and artists participated in a new meeting of Cuban Civil
Society Open Space last Friday morning. At the meeting they discussed
the need to take into account in future discussions the organization of
the parallel forums at the recent Summit of the Americas.

The discussion touched on points such as the lack of transparency on the
part of the State in the administration of public funds, the
participation of independent candidates in elections and the current
state of Cuban society.

An intense discussion developed around several initiatives, such as
"Citizen Hour" inscribed within the Constitutional Consensus project,
which seeks to promote a new elections law, as well as a new law of
associations and political parties. Also discussed was a proposal to
create five working groups on the issues of human rights, democracy and
governability, civil society, communications, and the private sector.

Finally, it was agreed to send a letter to the European Union, the US
government and the Cuban government expressing the deep concerns of the
participants with the systematic repression against human rights
activists and against the citizenry in general, which contrasts with the
context in which they are promoting understanding and dialog.

Among the participants were the artist Tania Bruguera and the writer
Victor Manuel Dominguez. The attorney Laritza Diversent and opposition
member Manuel Cuesta Morua also spoke at the event, along the analyst
Pedro Campos and the Baptist minister Mario Felix Lleonart, among others.

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