Deed of Mandate and Handover
In ________, on ________, the coordinator of this document and three witnesses appear. They are identified at the foot. They declare, and ask that it be recorded:
Article I · Framework
This document organizes a transitional government. It does not constitute a State. It does not replace the people. Its validity, if it ever has any, does not arise from this appearance: it arises from Article IX and from the personal acceptance provided for in Article III.
Article II · Time
The mandate described here takes office in 2027 and hands over power in 2031. It lasts four years. It is single and not renewable. The clock is not extended. This deed does not by itself set the day of taking office: that day remains conditional on Article IX.
Article III · Ella not bound
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros is proposed as a figure of encounter for the mandate. This paper does not bind her. It does not speak for her. It does not name her president. Acceptance, if it happens, is personal and later than this appearance.
Article IV · Clemency
Those appearing declare that the mandate does not include witch hunts or revenge as a program. Whoever organizes does not persecute. Whoever hands over does not punish anyone in the name of this document.
Article V · Sovereignty
The sovereignty of Cuba remains intact. This document does not authorize foreign administration, tutelage or a shadow government.
Article VI · A square, not a ballot box
Cubanos Unidos is a square, not a ballot box. It is not a party. It is not a list. It does not appoint ministers. It does not bear the star of the mandate. It is not born of this deed: it is another house.
Article VII · Church
The Church, if it takes part, is a bridge and care. It is not a ministry. It receives no portfolio. It does not sign this mandate.
Article VIII · Own oxygen
The oxygen for the first ninety days is one hundred thousand euros of the coordinator’s own money. There is no outside funding behind this appearance. Grupo Loureiro is not the government and is not to be confused with it.
Article IX · First fact
Without a visible fact —light or rice— with a place and a date that can be verified, the framework is not born, even if this paper is authorized, signed or notarized. Silence is not filled in.
Article X · Handover
In 2031 power is handed over. End of the mandate. No re-election. No extension of the clock. The handover is not a slogan: it is the end of what is organized here.
Coordinator ·
Witness 1 ·
Witness 2 ·
Witness 3 ·
Notary · date not published ·