The unanimous approval of the new Migration, Citizenship, and Foreigners laws this Friday in the Cuban Parliament is generating numerous criticisms on social media.
Among the thousands of comments, several Cubans agree that it is a "mockery of the people's intelligence" and a desperate strategy to prevent emigrants from severing their ties with Cuba definitively.
A Facebook user, whose comment resonated among dozens of people, highlighted the lack of authenticity in the decisions of the deputies, pointing out that in the National Assembly of People's Power "everything is written, said, and ordered by the owners of the estate."
Regarding the elimination of the 24-month limit for staying abroad without losing residency in Cuba, this emigrant recalls that "most of the Cubans who left several years ago no longer want to return to the island and have brought part of their family."
Additionally, many of the recent emigrants, benefited by the policies of the Biden administration, will not be able to return within the previously stipulated timeframe, and this, in their opinion, is one of the aspects that forced the regime to modify the legal norm.
"It is a state that does not function, does not provide security or justice, does not create the basic conditions for access to good education and health. It is completely weak, failed, and has generated a lot of anger and discontent. It only needs a push to bring it down," said the user on Facebook.
In the comments about this delicate issue, there are also interpretations regarding the approval of the controversial law amid a complex international political landscape.
Several Cubans agree that the possible return of Donald Trump to the White House accelerated the regime's decision-making, leading to a surprising unanimous approval of laws in Parliament to strengthen the power of the State.
The unanimous approval of the Migration, Citizenship, and Foreigners laws, far from provoking admiration for the "unity of criteria" among Cuban deputies, sparked laughter, mockery, and criticism of the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel, Raúl Castro, and the political management model in the country.
"The miserable puppet said it is like that because it is 'the dictatorship of the people.' When one thinks they have reached the limit, Miguel Díaz-Canel goes and breaks the barrier," expressed a Cuban.
He was referring to the words of the president in the closing speech of the third ordinary session of the X Legislature of the ANPP where, in addition to justifying the procedure for the approval of laws, Díaz-Canel said:
"Cuba is not led by one person, not even a small group of people. This is the rare dictatorship that the enemies of the revolution will never understand. The dictatorship of the workers. The dictatorship of the people that we, gathered here by popular election, represent."
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