Fine of 5 thousand pesos for throwing debris on the street in Old Havana

A Cuban citizen was sanctioned with afine of 5,000 Cuban pesos (CUP) for throwing debris on a street in the municipality of Old Havana.

“Even though arduous and sustained work is carried out in the cleaning and sanitation of urban and rural areas of the municipality of Old Havana by workers from Comunales and the Aurora Company during the night and morning, there are still individuals like Héctor, whom "He had to be fined the sum of five thousand pesos for dumping debris on the street," they said insocial networks the municipal authorities.

In addition to the information, the Facebook publication of the Council of Administration of Old Havana was accompanied by a photograph of the offender, as well as the fine imposed, with his personal data (name, surname, identification card and address) publicly displayed without the least respect for the law or for people's privacy.

In recent days, the capital's government launched aurgent garbage collection operation after the fires set in the streets of Havana by neighbors fed up with the accumulation of waste and the inaction of the authorities.

On January 5, residents of the Lawton neighborhood, in the Havana municipality of Diez de Octubre, decided to set fire to the garbage accumulated in a huge landfill on the corners of San Anastasio and Carmen streets, according to reports that appeared on the networks. social.

“In an attempt to address the overwhelming presence of garbage, some neighbors resorted to the drastic measure of setting fire to the waste at the aforementioned intersection in order to get rid of it,” said independent audiovisual producer Adrián Martínez Cádiz on his social networks.

Coincidentally, after the incident in the Lawton neighborhood, the capital's authorities launched an urgent garbage collection operation and another parallel operation on social networks, where all local governments were in action in the face of this situation, in a effort to make visible their management of a problem that causes discomfort among the population and threatens health in the capital.

“It dawns in the municipality of Old Havana with the efforts of the workers of Comunales and the Aurora Company who continue to prioritize the avenues and inside the Popular Councils to keep Havana beautiful,” indicated the government of this municipality on Facebook , as part of the provincial government's image campaign.

However, in its effort to clean up the face of the authorities who are not capable of offering an effective cleaning and garbage collection service, this Wednesday the Board of Directors of Old Havana went further and exposed on their social networks a offender, whom he not only punished with a high fine, but also violated his right to privacy, subjecting him to public ridicule by displaying his face and personal data.

The problem ofthe accumulation of garbage in Havana It has been a constant in recent months.

Last November, for example,tons of garbage in the streets of Havana They were waiting to be collected due to a lack of personnel and spare parts for the communal services fleet.