There is, according to Gonzàlez Mederos, "some consensus about the need that such changes should take place through a gradual process of adjustment and restructuring". International expectations are similar, with many countries, including the European Union, "having taken such promises of change very seriously". However, the journalist warns against the risk of "cheating the expectations and confidence of the intellectual community, the Catholic Church, the population at large and the international community", because "it might have unexpected and unwanted consequences on Cuba". However, he goes on, this is a "qualitative change", meaning that a "leadership which used to build consensus around personal charisma" has turned into a "more institutional, more collective leadership". The opening article invites all Cubans to a "proactive and certain participation in the design of the future government, as well as to the formation of and control over such government", overcoming any subjectivism and difference of position. As to the contribution of the Catholic Church, it can be more substantial if it can have "more space to enable it to be close to the poor, the sick, the prisoners" and to convey its "message of love and trust" through "mass media, education and culture".
