Havana, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) elected this Monday the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, as the first secretary of the leading political formation of the Caribbean nation.
In its first plenary meeting, the new Central Committee voted by the delegates to the 8th Congress of the PCC, also elected the members of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the organization.
Díaz-Canel will hold the position held by Army General Raúl Castro, an exponent of the historical leadership of the Cuban Revolution led by the historical leader of that process, Fidel Castro and whose legacy he prevailed in the conclave.
Raúl Castro, who announced the results of the Plenary, had advanced on April 16 that he would not accept a proposal to keep me in the top positions of the PCC.
He then said that he will continue «to serve as one more revolutionary combatant, ready to make my modest contribution until the end of life.»
On his part, Diaz-Canel described the 8th as historic. Congress, which ended on April 19, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the defeat of US troops in Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs).
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