HAVANA, Cuba. – On October 28, the same day that the Cuban regime announced the dismissal of Deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lellaaccused of making “serious errors” in the performance of his position, he had published a tribute message to Camilo Cienfuegos on his
He probably did it as a reflex action, or as a demonstration of his loyalty to the dictatorship, as Alejandro Gil He continued posting slogans on his social networks even days after being dismissed as Minister of Economy and Deputy Prime Minister, the 1st. February of this same year. Just as he had attended the Torch March on January 28 alongside Raúl Castro and Miguel Díaz-Canel, even when the defenestration was already underway.
Something similar happened with Perdomo Di-Lella. One week before, according to the official media themselves reporthad traveled to Guantanamo on a working visit that included meetings with the main government figures in the province.
He still continued to attend meetings of the Council of Ministers but only until the day before a decision that, according to information from sources close to the former deputy prime minister, consulted by CubaNetalready knew since October 24 when his brother Yoel Perdomo Di-Lella and several officials of the Palco Business Group, belonging to the Council of State, were detained on various accusations related to corruption, currency trafficking, fraud to obtain import and export licenses, as well as tax evasion, many of these crimes covered by the protection he allegedly received from Jorge Luis.
Although both brothers were interrogated, according to the same sources, neither remains detained, and only two of the state officials are in prison while the investigative process is developing, which has included the freezing of the bank accounts associated with Yoel Perdomo Di. Lella and the others involved, plus the confiscation of some sums of cash that the officials kept in their homes.
On the other hand, businesses managed by Palco and registered in the name of other people, especially the company Tuambia SURL, continue to operate normally, according to information from workers at these sites.
In addition to the “errors” derived from the link with his brother’s businesses, the situation of Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella seems to be even more complicated as a result of what one of the sources describes as “several wrong decisions” made by him as a result of of the general blackout happened in Cuba recently, and that had to do with his visit to Guantánamo during those days.
Although it does not seem that these latest mistakes were the ones that led to his current situation, since, in the most recent meetings of the Council of Ministers, similar and even more serious “errors” were pointed out to other senior officials related in a much more similar way. directly with what happened in the national electrical system, as well as with the impact of the Hurricane Oscar in Guantanamo. We would have to wait to see if more dismissals of Perdomo Di-Lella will be added in the coming days but, sources point out, there are no signs of anything like that so far.
Nor that his case, related to corruption, is associated with that of Alejandro Gil who, according to information collected by CubaNettoday he is confined in his home under an investigative process that was only announced a month after his dismissal, and that more than eight months after it began, it has not yet produced the first results, judging by the silence of the dictatorship on the matter.
The fall from grace of Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella, although it seems to be disconnected from the scandal of the former Minister of Economy, is undoubtedly related to that other silent earthquake that has been going on for years within the ruling leadership and that has to do with the struggles and internal cracks, disagreements and disagreements that are indisputable proof of that crisis so often denied and hidden by the regime and that, apparently, could be the one that will soon put an end to the dictatorship.
