Organizational and training actions are carried out in the territories in order to guarantee the correct application of the Family Code, Olga Lidia Pérez Díaz, general director of Notaries and Public Registries of the Ministry of Justice (MINJUS), assured this Tuesday in Havana. .

According to the Cuban News Agency, the official at a press conference reported that for these purposes and to promote feedback with the population, emails have been enabled in the provinces, to which people can direct their criteria, concerns and doubts.

One of those communication channels with the institution is sobreelcodigo@minjus.gob.cu where concerns are received and the response is processed as soon as possible, she specified.

In legal matters, Pérez Díaz highlighted that same-sex marriages have already been celebrated without major inconveniences, and recalled that the norm sets new paradigms in terms of de facto affective unions, divorce by mutual agreement and socio-affective recognition. , among other legal distinctions.

Regarding certain rumors that circulated on social networks, she explained that the departure of minors from the country is regulated by the preceding immigration provisions and the Code does not imply any modification in these matters.

The directive also referred to the condition of public servant of notaries, who cannot invoke conscientious objection to refuse to institute rights endorsed by the Constitution of the Republic.

That is why it is important for the population to dominate the text, the preparation of legal operators and the denunciation through the corresponding channels of any incident that may occur, she added.

Pilar Estrada Varona and Yashna Díaz Cabarrouy, deputy ministers of Justice, were present at the meeting with the national media.

After the Family Code was approved in a popular referendum on September 25 by 66.85 percent of the valid ballots, the law ratifies affection and love as fundamental principles in the formation and consolidation of various family models.