The Cuban jurist and dissident René Fidel González García published an extensive reflection on Facebook this Tuesday, in which he described it as "an incredible audacity" to question the legitimacy of the demand for political equality for all Cubans, and portrayed the majority of his fellow citizens as victims of a systematic deprivation of their political rights imposed by the regime.
"There is a lot of audacity in asking why we want the right to political equality for all Cubans in Cuba when we understand —and it is perfectly understandable— the reason why we have been deprived of its exercise and guarantee until now," wrote the doctor of legal sciences under his usual hashtag #PensarEnCuba.
González García asserts that the majority of Cubans live in what he refers to as a "state of political indigence," a condition imposed by the regime to maintain itself in power, which he believes is neither natural nor acceptable.
The text firmly rejects the idea that claiming rights is equivalent to begging: "A political demand is not a plea. It is first an understanding. It is first a need interpreted and embraced as a goal and purpose before it becomes a requirement."
The jurist structures his argument through a series of rhetorical questions: why should Cubans continue to accept that they cannot choose or remove their representatives, why do leaders who make wrong decisions not answer for them, and what kind of society results when its leaders never take responsibility for their actions?
"What are, and what do they become, the leaders, the political officials who cannot be renewed or removed by the citizens when they become exhausted or lose the suitability or ability to perform the work that is expected of them successfully?" the question.
For González García, political exclusion can only be publicly sustained "when the logic, rationality, and decency of the majority of people have been disabled, instrumentalized, or perverted," but he warns that this state has its limits: "This can happen for a time, even for a long time, but not indefinitely."
The jurist also rejects the notion that the solution depends on a concession from those in power: "We do not need those who exclude and discriminate against us in Cuba to accept anything; we need to first understand, as the excluded and those stripped of the political freedom to decide our destinies, this demand, its implications, and its necessity."
It concludes with a statement of principles: "Restoring the right to political equality for all Cubans is not a government program, but is related to the solution of the political problem we currently face as a society."
And he adds: "This is what I believe. Our political program is this; what we want to do is this."
González García was a tenured professor of History of Law at the University of Oriente for approximately 17 years, until he was removed from teaching in November 2016 after publishing critical articles in independent media.
The institution cited academic reasons, but he and human rights organizations denounced it as political retaliation. That same year, he was expelled from the Communist Party of Cuba.
Since then, he has maintained a sustained public activity criticizing the system. Recently, he warned that Cuba "can no longer afford to waste time", and at the beginning of October, he described the country as a "paralyzed society" due to "political underdevelopment".
In April 2026, he warned that he would go on a hunger strike if he were prosecuted on charges of "enemy propaganda," "contempt of the president," and "disobedience."
The Cuban Constitution of 2019 enshrines the Communist Party as the "leading political force of society and the State" and declares the socialist system irrevocable, while Freedom House awarded Cuba in 2026 zero points in political rights out of a maximum of 40, with an overall score of nine out of 100.
Related videos:
Filed under: