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A Cuban identified as Claudia González published a strong rejection this Thursday on Facebook against the petition campaign launched by the regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel, entitled "I will not give my signature, because my dignity has no price."
The campaign, named "My Signature for the Homeland," was launched on April 19 by Díaz-Canel at an event in Ciénaga de Zapata, Matanzas, coinciding with the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Playa Girón.
Although the regime presents it as a spontaneous movement of civil society, it is organized and directed by the Communist Party of Cuba, with the participation of Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee, and Yuniasky Crespo, head of the Ideological Department of the PCC.
"Today, the Cuban government is launching a new government circus: a signature collection. They take to the streets with their folders and empty rhetoric, asking the people to sign their own condemnation in ink," wrote González.
The Cuban was straightforward in explaining her reasons: "I won't sign. And I say this with the pain of someone who watches their homeland bleed and with the anger of someone who knows that this signature is not to save Cuba, but to save the positions of those who destroyed it."
Among the reasons he lists, González points out the hunger that the people suffer while the leaders "display full bellies and laid tables," the blackouts that consume the lives of Cubans "in the heat and darkness," the repression against those who raise their voices, the deterioration of schools and hospitals, and the corruption of the government.
"I cannot sign to validate hunger. I cannot sign to accept that a Cuban child goes to bed without eating or wakes up without a glass of milk for breakfast," he stated.
Regarding the healthcare system, González was equally emphatic: "The hospitals look like war zones, where there isn’t even an aspirin, nor gauze, nor minimal human conditions to die with dignity, while the system continues to tout a 'medical power' that only exists in its billboards."
His message also included a direct rebuke to the president: "No, Mr. President, I do not approve of your lies or your corruption disguised as 'sacrifice.' I do not want your failed system or your deaf government."
González's rejection adds to a growing wave of critical voices against the official initiative. José Daniel Ferrer, leader of the Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), described it as a farce in favor of tyranny.
The singer Manolín "El Médico de la Salsa" posted a message on Wednesday using the slogan "Do not save your executioners", accusing the regime of using the people as a shield.
Opponents also report pressure and coercion in neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces, with threats of dismissal for those who do not participate.
The campaign aims to collect millions of signatures before May first in support of the Declaration of the Revolutionary Government "Girón is today and always," issued on April 17 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This is not the first time the regime has resorted to this mechanism: in September 2025, it organized a similar campaign in support of the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro, also with widespread allegations of coercion.
González concluded his publication with a statement of principles: "My signature belongs to the hope for real change, not to the continuity of our agony. I do not sign for the past; I bet on the future."
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