Transitory Provisions
FIRST
Prior to the passage of six months after this Constitution has taken effect, the National Assembly of People’s Power will approve a new Electoral Law that will regulate the election of the representatives on the National Assembly, its President, Vice President, Secretary, the Council of State, the President and Vice President of the Republic, the members of the National Electoral Council, the representatives of the municipal assemblies of People’s Power, as well as their President, Vice President, and Secretary.
SECOND
After approving the Electoral Law, the National Assembly of People’s Power, within a period of three months, will elect from among its members its president, Vice President, Secretary, the other members of the Council of State, and the President and Vice President of the Republic.
THIRD
Once elected, the President of the Republic proposes to the National Assembly of People’s Power the appointments for Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, the Secretary, and other members of the Council of Ministers.
FOURTH
The delegates on the municipal assemblies of People’s Power designate, after the election and the designation of the members of the superior organs of the State, the individuals that will serve as mayors.
FIFTH
The provincial assemblies of People’s Power will remain in office until the governors, vice governors, and the provincial councilors take office.
SIXTH
The National Assembly of People’s Power within a period of one year after the entrance into force of this Constitution will approve its bylaws as well as those of the Council of State.
SEVENTH
The Council of Ministers, within a period of two years after this Constitution takes effect, will present to the National Assembly of People’s Power their proposal for a new regulatory system for the municipal assemblies of People’s Power and for their administrative councils.
EIGHTH
The National Assembly of People’s Power, within a period of two years after the Constitution takes effect, will approve the regulatory system of the municipal assemblies of People’s Power and of their councils of administration.
NINTH
The courts will maintain their current structure and operations. The Council of Government of the People’s Supreme Court, within a period of eighteen months after this Constitution takes effect, will present to the National Assembly of People’s Power a proposal of a new Law of the People’s Courts that will have been adjusted to the changes presented by this Constitution as well as to the proposed modifications to the Law of Penal Procedure and to the Law of Civil, Administrative, Labor, and Economic Procedures.
TENTH
Prior to the passage of a year after this Constitution takes effect, the National Assembly of People’s Power will approve, through a law, the pertinent legal modifications to effectuate the provisions of article 68 of this Constitution with regard to the institution of marriage.
ELEVENTH
The National Assembly of People’s Power, within a period of eighteen months after this Constitution takes effect, will approve the legislative modifications required to effectuate that which is foreseen by articles 58 and 94, which refer to the right to defense within the courts against confiscatory acts of property by administrative authorities and the possibility for citizens to access legal institutions in order to defend their rights, respectively.
TWELFTH
Until the legal order to make the third paragraph of article 23 of this Constitution effective is passed, which refers to the authorization for the transfer of rights over the goods that are socialist property of all the people, the Council of Ministers or its Executive Committee will continue performing their duties with respect to those transfers.
THIRTEENTH
The National Assembly of People’s Power will approve, within a period of eighteen months after this Constitution takes effect, a legislative schedule for the implementation of the laws developed by the precepts established in this Constitution.
