AREQUIPA, Peru – The Cuban regime dismissed Jaime Ernesto Chiang Vega from the position of Governor in the province of Las Tunas, according to the official press reported this Saturday.
A report from the state Cubadebate points out that the dismissal responds to a “resignation request” presented by Chiang Vega himself “when he recognized errors committed in the exercise of his responsibility.”
According to the note, the dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez approved the cessation of the functions of the Las Tunas leader, informing the Provincial Council, and through the presidents of the municipal assemblies of the People’s Power.
Likewise, the governor approved suspending Ernesto Luis Cruz Reyes as Vice Governor of Las Tunas, “for incurring violations in the exercise of his responsibilities, which determined the beginning of the process of revocation of the position.”
In both cases, the Castro press did not offer details about the time or nature of the alleged misconduct that led to the dismissals.
“Taking into account the suspension of his functions as Vice Governor, colleague Eduardo Walter Cuelí, current Coordinator of Programs and Objectives of the provincial Government, was provisionally appointed to the position of Governor,” the report states.
In recent months two other important dismissals have emerged within the Castro scheme.
At the end of last May, the Cuban Government, at the request of the Council of State, dismissed Ricardo Cabrisas from his responsibilities as Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment. reported also Cubadebate.
The note indicates that Ricardo Cabrisas would continue to serve as deputy prime minister, while his role as head of MINCEX will be occupied by Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, who served as first vice minister.
Although the reasons for the dismissal have not been officially detailed, and the regime could justify it within its current wave of “cadre movement”sources close to CubaNet They then pointed to a possible separation for health reasons, of an oncological nature.
On the other hand, in mid-July, during the third period of sessions of the National Assembly in its tenth legislature, the Comptroller General of Cuba Gladys Bejeranoafter 14 years in office.
He ruler Cuban Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez proposed Mirian Marbán González, 50, who was serving as first deputy controller, in his place.
