Led by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the session of the National Defense Council is currently dominating media coverage in Cuba.
According to the newspapers Granma and Juventud Rebelde, the members of the Council met yesterday “in compliance with the activities planned for Defense Day,” with the purpose of improving the preparedness and cohesion of the governing bodies and the population.
During the meeting, they analyzed and approved “the plans and measures for transitioning to a State of War, as part of the country’s preparation under the strategic concept of the People’s War.”
Both newspapers emphasize in their online editions that Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, “remained informed about the proceedings, which he described as a good and efficient meeting.”
The session took place within the context of the nationwide celebration of National Defense Day, during which popular forces were trained to confront any aggression.
The National Defense Council is the highest state body in the Caribbean nation and has the mission of organizing, directing,
and preparing citizens, even in peacetime, for their protection, and ensuring compliance with current regulations regarding the defense and security of the nation.
Composed of the President of the Republic, who leads it and appoints a Vice President and the other members, in exceptional situations and disasters the Council governs the country and assumes the powers corresponding to the state bodies, with the exception of the constituent power.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
