Havana/The publication of an official note from the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic regarding the case of former minister Alejandro Gil has not cleared up the mysteries that the secrecy wove over 20 months but has increased them exponentially.
If it seemed difficult to believe that Miguel Díaz-Canel would not be harmed after the dismissal and subsequent arrest of his trusted man, now that the Attorney General’s Office has revealed that he is being charged the crime of espionagewe will have to wait for at least some self-criticism or perhaps a hint of resignation.
The insinuations of corruption and lack of sensitivity that Díaz-Canel slipped in that ambiguous official statement from March 2024 where he did not detail what the “mistakes” committed by Gil had been, showed that the initial investigation against the former minister – the one that was not controlled by the Prosecutor’s Office – had been carried out behind his back and that can only indicate a lack of trust and the suspicion that Díaz-Canel could warn Gil that he was being or was going to be investigated.
“By carom” Díaz-Canel was also or is being investigated
If the investigators who interrogated him never asked him if the president was aware of his misdeeds, they would be the worst investigators in the world, so “by chance” Díaz-Canel was also or is being investigated.
But espionage is something else and the penal code includes death as a possible punishment.
The official note from the Prosecutor’s Office published this Friday does not specify what custodial sanctions are requested for the accused nor does it mention the name or number of the latter, nor is it clarified the date on which the courts will have to decide the relevance of the accusations.
Perhaps there will be a trial behind closed doors that will culminate in information titled “Official Note” or perhaps a televised show is already being put on in the style of the trial against General Arnaldo Ochoa and the La Guardia brothers, where the president could appear as a witness.
This developing news still lacks the most notable headlines. There is no longer curiosity to know what the corruption of the fallen man consisted of, but rather to know who he worked for.
