Promising costs nothing, and Cuban ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel knows this all too well, having empirically proven it numerous times by promising left and right "regulations," "advancements," and "improvements" that end up as mere empty words.
Well-versed in the art of hypocrisy, the also first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) presided over the extraordinary plenary session of the Provincial Committee held in Sancti Spíritus, where he promised the attendees that before the end of the year, the government would "bring light to the population."
The enigmatic phrase lingered over the conclave as if it were a curious firefly fluttering, waiting for a miraculous event, according to the cameras of the official media Centrovisión, which captured the look of bewilderment that appeared on the faces of the spectators.
"We have to present results. By the end of the year, we must arrive with different results. We need to bring light to the lives of our population before this year ends, with the things we are doing and achieving concrete results in everything we have set out to do," he said.
Was the ruler's incoherent and empty phrase a political promise? Did Díaz-Canel want to promise the Cubans an end to blackouts by New Year's? Or was it a metaphor intended to bring some "joy" to a population that is capable of applauding the resumption of electric service after half a day of blackout?
What "light" does Díaz-Canel want to give to "the life of our population"? Was he referring to the light measured in megawatts or to the light that radiates from truths and noble causes? Was the intention of his phrase propagandistic, or does it secretly hold the formula for revitalizing the national electricity system?
Since his appointment in 2019 through the works and grace of a finger point from retired General Raúl Castro, the straw man of the Cuban regime has been promising that “next year will be better,” that “food production will improve,” that foreign investments will pour in, that “everything that needs to be changed will be changed,” that “the reordering will be rectified,” that tourism and the economy on the Island will grow, and that “blackouts will decrease.”
Attendees at the extraordinary plenary session of the Provincial Committee of the PCC in Sancti Spíritus witnessed other moments of "enlightenment" from the ruler. In front of them, he asked to “organize ourselves to achieve better results by the end of the year” and to create base committees of the UJC and the PCC in private micro, small, and medium enterprises (mipymes).
With three and a half months to go until the end of the year, Díaz-Canel, the great strategist of repairs and maintenance for thermoelectric plants to "have a summer with fewer blackouts," promises to "bring light to the lives" of Cubans.
Confirmed: it's time to start looking for more candles.
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