Resolution sputters

[NewsWhore]

A resolution congratulating Cuban leader Fidel Castro on the occasion of his 80th birthday sputtered in the lower chamber of Congress yesterday. The resolution was introduced for consideration by PRD member Christian Paredes, but his party as a whole did not support the resolution. PRD member Librado Castillo urged his fellow members to vote in favor of the resolution, and reminded his party affiliates that the PRD was in fact founded in Cuba, but many members still refused and said he had no right to tell them what to vote for. Some PLD and PRSC members were also in favor of the resolution, but El Caribe newspaper reports that many deputies left the chamber instead of voting, while others just voted "no".

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