Cuba's National Assembly has adopted a new constitution that would recognise market economics yet keep the Communist Party firmly in control of the economy and the ship of state.
It will be voted on in a national referendum later this year.
"After it's put to discussion and voted on, Cubans will be more united in their defense of the revolution," said President Miguel Diaz-Canel, wrapping up the two-day session.
The president underscored that "every Cuban can freely express his or her opinions... on a constitutional text reflecting the present and future of the nation."
Yet those opinions can't be voiced in a multiparty system. Article 224 reaffirms the socialist character of the Cuban political system, and the "guiding role of the one and only Communist Party."
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