Cuba will soon be legalising gay marriage if the updated country’s constitution adopted by the country’s National Assembly on Saturday is anything to go by.
The approval of the constitution is the final step before a national referendum expected to approve the new charter in February.
The new constitution contains more continuity than change, although it recognises the de-facto modernisation of Cuban society over the last decade.
The constitution maintains Cuba as a centrally planned economy ruled by a single Communist Party, but recognises private property for the first time and paves the way for a separate referendum on legalising gay marriage.
It also creates the role of prime minister alongside the current president, as well as provincial governors.
Legalising private property is a formal recognition of significant change in Cuban society since former President Raul Castro permitted…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
