The Municipal Assembly of the People's Power of the municipality of Venezuela, in the province of Ciego de Ávila, approved in an extraordinary session the dismissal of the mayor Rafael A. Ramírez Acosta due to a series of errors and irregularities in the performance of his duties, reported this Thursday by the newspaper Invasor.
The local authority presented three specific issues to its delegates that prompted the decision: failures in the constitution and functioning of the municipal Commission on Food Sovereignty, responsible for the region's supply policies; deficiencies in the approval and establishment process of the Credit and Services Cooperative El Fortín; and irregularities in the modification of the social purpose of that same entity.
The delegates stated that these deficiencies "affect the transparency and proper management of public resources".
The assembly emphasized that it acted under the authority granted by Law No. 132 on the Organization and Functioning of the Municipal Assemblies of People's Power and the Popular Councils, a regulation that recognizes this body as the highest instance of the State in the municipality and grants it the competence to evaluate and replace the mayor.
As a temporary substitute, Yuniel Eugenio Ramírez Tamayo, the former municipal vice-mayor, the cited source added.
“That's how the vast majority feel; conduct a proper analysis, and it seems we are left without a mayor across the entire country,” commented a Cuban on the Facebook page of the newspaper Invasor. Another was more straightforward: “Let the replacements continue, because deficiencies and irregularities are what are most abundant throughout the province.”
This week, two more leaders in Cuba stepped down. On Monday, the governor of Camagüey, Jorge Enrique Sutil Sarabia, submitted his resignation after admitting to "errors made in the performance of his duties, inconsistent with his responsibilities." The following day, Díaz-Canel also accepted the resignation of the governor of Las Tunas, Yelenys Tornet Menéndez, who cited "personal and family limitations."
Unlike those provincial reports, where official statements have been deliberately vague, the Assembly of Venezuela publicly detailed the three specific charges that led to Ramírez Acosta's departure, setting this case apart for its unusual transparency within the opaque Cuban institutional system.
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