Castro, also the Second Secretary of theCommunist Party of Cuba (CPC), said in a political report delivered atthe CPC Congress in Havana on April 17 that the promotion of newpositions should consider senses of responsibility and young ages toenable them to fulfil their tasks.
It is a veryurgent job, which should be done from the grassroots to central levelsand start right in this congress, including the positions of the FirstSecretary of the Party, the State Council President and the Council ofMinisters Chairman, Castro emphasised.
The CPC Congress opened on April 16 with the participation of 997 delegates on behalf of 850,000 Party members.
The four-day major event is scheduled to consider and vote for the draft on socio-economic guidelines and policies.
The bill encourages expansion of self-employment, considerably scytheredundant labour in the State economic sector, cut subsidies, launch anew tax system and step by step remove the circulation of two officialcurrencies.
The Sixth CPC Congress is to focus onthe “Draft of Socio-Economic Guidelines and Policies, which has receivedresponse from over 8 million out of the national 11.2 millionpopulation in a referendum.
The event coincidedwith the national celebrations of the 50 th anniversary of the GironVictory and the proclamation of the Socialist Character of therevolution.
The celebration was marked with a multi-thousand military march and a mass parade at the Revolution Square./.