What is the role of the Communist Party in Cuba?
The Communist Party in Cuba plays a very different role from that of political parties in the Canada and other Western nations. It is not an electoral party – you are elected to the party by your fellow workers, who are not necessarily Communist Party members. Candidates for political office in Cuba do not run on party tickets, and one does not have to be a member of the Communist Party to run for office. Instead, the Communist Party of Cuba plays a leadership role, with the purpose of unifying the Cuban nation in the work of preserving its independence and sovereignty and providing a better life for all of its people.
