Title XI. Reform of the Constitution
Article 226
This Constitution may only be reformed by the National Assembly of People’s Power through an agreement adopted, in a nominal vote, by a majority of no less than two thirds of the total membership.
Article 227
The following are able to promote Constitutional reforms:
- The President of the Republic;
- The Council of State;
- The Council of Ministers;
- The representatives of the National Assembly of People’s Power, through a proposition signed by no less than a third of its members;
- The Central National Council of Cuban Workers and the national authorities of other mass and social organizations, and
- The citizens, through a petition directed to the National Assembly of People’s Power, signed before the National Electoral Council by a minimum of fifty thousand electors. The law establishes the procedure, requirements, and guarantees for the request and realization of constitutional reforms.
Article 228
When a reform refers to the composition and operation of the National Assembly of People’s Power or of the Council of State, to the duties or the term of office of the President of the Republic, or to the rights, duties, and guarantees enshrined in the Constitution, a favorable vote of the majority of the electors within the nation during a referendum held for this purpose will also be required.
Article 229
In no case will the pronouncements be reformed regarding the irrevocability of the socialism system established in Article 4 or the prohibition on negotiating under the circumstances prescribed in section a) of Article 16.
