The work of 91 supervisors constitutes a guarantee for the quality and transparency of the popular referendum on the Family Code in Ciego de Ávila, where it is estimated that more than 331,900 voters will attend 928 polling stations, as announced by the Provincial Electoral Council.
Marleny Báez Valdivia, vice president of that body, highlighted that 11 provincial supervisors remain active and another 80 distributed equally among the 10 municipalities of Ciego de Ávila, all with experience in the activity, in addition to recognized trajectory in entities of the Ministry of Justice and as members of the National Union of Jurists of Cuba.
In accordance with Law 127 "Electoral Law", these figures are invested with powers to inspect matters related to compliance with that regulation, including the examination of documents, records and information, she recalled.
They warn about decisions that they consider inadmissible and of the breaches or deficiencies detected, in addition to communicating it to the Electoral Council that they represent; they witness the work of the schools and check the documentation, she specified.
The master's degree in Civil and Family Law Carlos Jesús Herrera Gallardo, provincial supervisor who attends the municipality of Morón, reiterated the responsibility with the fulfillment of the legality in the electoral processes, referendums and plebiscites, so that the precepts of the Law 127.
He referred among his powers the check of the functions of the members of the Municipal Electoral Council (CEM), the structures of that body in the constituencies and the members of the colleges, to which the local supervisors also contribute.
The integration with its counterparts in the territory of Moron allows it greater control over the schools, where they examine organizational issues such as the presence of legal documents, the provision of national symbols, the authorization of the different areas within the school and the collaboration of the pioneers, he added.
He explained that the gaze is directed towards the conditions of the premises and the assurance of materials, computer and communication means, transportation and food as other guarantees for the efficient performance of the members of the electoral tables.
Through this practice, during the dynamic test on December 18, they determined difficulties in lighting, communications and coordination with schools to define the pioneers who would guard the ballot boxes, all corrected immediately, the also judge of the Municipal People's Court of Moron, said.
Herrera Gallardo, at the head of the jurists' union in his town, has three years of experience as a provincial electoral supervisor, however, for the Referendum he received other specialized training, based on Law 127 and the Electoral Card, the latter regulating the procedures at school tables.
The success of the supervision work will be defined on the day of this September 25, when an electoral process is developed with strict adherence to legality, quality and transparency, he held.
The 34 years old Master in Agricultural Law, Manuel Alejandro del Toro de la Cruz, is serving, for the second time―the first was during the constitutional referendum of 2019―, as a provincial electoral supervisor appointed for the municipality of Bolivia and directs his attention to Punctuality in the opening of schools.
It states that its mission contemplates the control of information flows and the work of the CEM, the authorities of the constituencies and the members of the tables in the spaces enabled for voting.
As external agents, electoral supervisors are zealous guardians of legality during the count, with the power to recount votes, if necessary, in order to certify transparency, he stressed.
Several months of work have contributed to the organization of this day, so that only the attendance of the voters remains, aware that they will exercise a constitutional right and will express their will in an act as solemn as the referendum of the Family Code, he alleged.