Resolution on Cuba and the case of Dr Eduardo Cardet
Resolution adopted at the EPP Congress, St. Julian’s (Malta), 29 – 30 March 2017
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On 30 November 2016, Dr Eduardo Cardet, national coordinator of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL), was arrested on his return home from a trip to Miami, USA, where he expressed his opinion regarding Cuba’s situation after the death of Fidel Castro. Dr Cardet remains in detention. The Cuban regime is prosecuting Dr Cardet for violent resistance in connection to the arrest. Amnesty International has already officially considered Cardet a prisoner of conscience.
The MCL is a social-political movement with concrete proposals as to the way towards democracy on the island. The last initiative promoted within Cuba by the MCL — One Cuban, one vote — encourages an electoral law guaranteeing the right of all Cubans to elect and to be elected, freely and fairly. MCL members continue to face constant repression, from the Primavera Negra (Black Spring) crackdown of 2003 until the death, in strange circumstances, of its founder and Sakharov Prize laureate, Oswaldo Payá, in 2012. The arrest and possible imprisonment of Dr Eduardo Cardet is yet another sign that MCL remains a key actor for the island’s peaceful transition process.
Arrests having political motivations, such as that of Dr Eduardo Cardet, are incompatible with peaceful coexistence in Cuban society. These actions do not favour a climate of dialogue within the framework of the intended cooperation agreement between the European Union and Cuba.
The EPP demands:
Calling on the Cuban regime to release Eduardo Cardet immediately and unconditionally;
Calling on the Cuban regime and the Cuban authorities to guarantee and take responsibility for his well-being: namely, that he be provided with any medical care that he may require, and that his family be given the possibility of regular visits in the prison;
Calling on the authorities to stop the harassment and intimidation of members of the MCL.
The EPP Manifesto, also adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, outlines the basic principles of the Party summary.
The EPP Manifesto, also adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, outlines the basic principles of the Party summarising who we are, what our values are, what challenges are we facing and what vision we have for the future. The Manifesto was developed in parallel to the EPP Platform document within the EPP Working Group 1 for “European Policy”.
The EPP Platform is the core programme of our party outlining our main values, explaining the challenges our society is facing and presenting our vision for the future of European Union.
The Party Platform was developed in EPP Working Group 1 for “European Policy” chaired by EPP President Wilfried MARTENS ?and EPP Vice President Peter HINTZE. The Working Group consists of delegates of EPP member parties who prepared and worked?on this document for more than two years and received input?from the drafting committee as well as senior and young experts. The document was adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, thus replacing the Basic Programme of Athens from 1992.
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