Havana_ The popular consultation on Cuba's draft constitution will begin on Monday, a process during which each Cuban will be a constituent, according to Marcela González, a member of the national proposals processing team, Prensa Latina reports.

This will be a democratic process and of real participation, said the specialist, who is part of the thousands of members of the group that will collect information derived from the 135 thousand meetings to be held throughout the country until November 15.

González explained that the work teams are made up of high-level professionals, university graduates from various careers such as law, teaching, as well as researchers.

Engineers graduated from the University of Computer Science, who developed an application on data processing, also participate.

This team will work in each municipality and province of the country to ensure that all criteria are properly processed, and reach the Commission in charge of Constitutional Reform, according to Gonzalez.

The proposed new Constitution includes a preamble and 224 articles, divided into 11 titles, 24 chapters and 16 sections, and maintains the political foundations of the socialist and revolutionary state.

After being widely debated in the Cuban Parliament, it will be submitted to the popular consultation on Monday and then the project will return to the National Assembly for the elaboration of the Constitution that, enriched with the criteria and the contribution of the Cubans, will go to referendum .

If approved in the referendum, Cuba would have a magna carta in tune with the priorities of the international community such as the fight against terrorism and climate change, the defense of human rights and the promotion of multilateralism.

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