From: "Walter Lippmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 06:24:53 -0700 Subject: [CubaNews] Cuba struggles against corruption Ministry of Auditing and Control Created Last May 3, the Council of State of Cuba ordered the creation of a Ministerio de Auditor�a y Control to preserve administrative discipline and detect manifestations of corruption in the Island's State economy. An information bulletin addressed to the public on that date stated that the new Ministry "will have the basic mission of consolidating the work of inspection and of directing, executing and controlling the application of State and Government policy regarding governmental auditing and control." Lina Pedraza Rodr�guez, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party who headed the Oficina Nacional de Auditor�a until that date, was named to direct the new Ministry. The move seeks "to raise and preserve probity and discipline in the administration of State resources and to detect and prevent manifestations of corruption," the bulletin states. The Cuban Council of Ministers, headed by President Fidel Castro, is now made up of a First Vice-president, General Ra�l Castro; three vice-presidents, a secretary and 29 ministers. For Vice-president Carlos Lage, the creation of the new ministry of auditing and control confirms official determination to combat corruption in Cuba. "It's a confirmation of the firm policy of Cuba to struggle against corruption, to work hard to maintain order, discipline and control and to be vigilant in demanding exemplary behavior and morality from all government, State and Party leaders," Lage told the press. The new ministerial post, number 29 in the Cabinet, "will have the fundamental mission of consolidating the work of inspection and of directing, executing and controlling the application of State and Government policy regarding governmental auditing and control," according to the official bulletin. "We do not have corruption at a high government level; we do not have the phenomena of fraud, bankruptcies or flights of capital abroad that exist in many other countries," the Cuban vice-president in charge of the economy affirmed. Lage added that "This does not mean that no one ever makes a mistake or commits an act of corruption, but when this is detected, and, fortunately, it is always detected rapidly, the necessary measures are taken." Last April, the Cuban Council of State removed the minister of the Fishing Industry, Orlando Rodr�guez Romay, because of cases of corruption detected in functionaries of that Ministry. "Neither Rodr�guez Romay himself nor any other top executive of the Ministry is implicated in these questions," but "what happened shows lack of control and vigilance regarding the attitude and life style that should characterize our cadres," stated the text explaining the replacement of the Minister. http://www.globalreflexion.org/cubanrev/CR73/en/shorts.html#shortnews1 _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
