Miami-Dade Legislative Item
File Number: 180226
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File Number: 180226 File Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Version: 0 Reference: R-151-18 Control: County Commission
File Name: ILLEGITIMATE ELECTIONS Introduced: 1/30/2018
Requester: NONE Cost: Final Action: 2/6/2018
Agenda Date: 2/6/2018 Agenda Item Number: 11A22
Notes: Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UNITED NATIONS, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES NOT TO RECOGNIZE ANY TRANSITION OF POWER IN CUBA MADE WITHOUT FREE AND MULTIPARTY ELECTIONS AND TO SUPPORT THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE
Indexes: ELECTIONS
Sponsors: Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Prime Sponsor
  Audrey M. Edmonson, Co-Sponsor
Sunset Provision: No Effective Date: Expiration Date:
Registered Lobbyist: None Listed


Legislative History

Acting Body Date Agenda Item Action Sent To Due Date Returned Pass/Fail

Board of County Commissioners 2/6/2018 11A22 Adopted P
REPORT: Vice Chairwoman Edmonson asked to be listed as a co-sponsor.

County Attorney 1/30/2018 Assigned Javier Zapata 1/30/2018

Legislative Text


TITLE
RESOLUTION URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UNITED NATIONS, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES NOT TO RECOGNIZE ANY TRANSITION OF POWER IN CUBA MADE WITHOUT FREE AND MULTIPARTY ELECTIONS AND TO SUPPORT THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE

BODY
WHEREAS, in March 2018, Cuba is expected to select a new president to replace Raul Castro, Fidel Castro�s 86-year old younger brother, who has stated his intentions to step down after serving two five-year terms; and
WHEREAS, Raul Castro will remain head of the ruling Communist Party until at least 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Communist Party is the only legally-recognized political party in Cuba per its constitution; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. State Department determined that initial municipal elections held in November 2017 were flawed because Cuban authorities used �intimidation, arcane technicalities, and false charges� to keep independent candidates off the ballot; and
WHEREAS, according to the State Department, not a single candidate unaffiliated with the Communist party was allowed on ballots in November 2017; and
WHEREAS, Cuba does not allow international observers to monitor its elections; and
WHEREAS, free and open elections are bedrock principles of democracy; and
WHEREAS, though the March election is the first election to be held since a limited election in 1976, there is little confidence within the international committee that the authoritarian regime intends to ensure the election is free and open to all candidates; and
WHEREAS, this Board supports the rights of all Cubans to decide the future of their nation and believes that any transition to a true democracy in Cuba must begin with a free, open, and multiparty presidential election,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board:
Section 1. Urges the Federal Government, including the Department of State, the United Nations, and the Organization of American States not to recognize any transition of power in Cuba made without free and multiparty elections and to support the self-determination of the Cuban people.
Section 2. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to President Donald J. Trump, the Members of the Florida Congressional Delegation, Department of State Secretary Rex W. Tillerson, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro.
Section 3. Directs the County�s federal lobbyists to advocate for the action set forth in Section 1 above, and authorizes and directs the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs to include this item in the 2018 Federal Legislative Package when it is presented to the Board.



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