The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) must turn their attention to the social problems and concerns of the citizens in each of the neighborhoods and rural settlements. This was the conclusion after the analysis of the integral evaluation of the National Directorate of that organization to Las Tunas.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- Our cadres have to leave the offices, walk through the neighborhoods, said Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, the National Coordinator, in the meeting that summarized a three-day working visit, which included exchanges with residents of non less than 20 city blocks and rural settlements of the eight municipalities.
Before evaluating the numerical issues, we must begin by learning about the concerns and daily life of the communities. This was another of the central ideas of the meeting, in which Manuel Pérez Gallego, a member of the Central Committee and first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) in the province, and Governor Jaime Ernesto Chiang Vega also took part.
We hope that working professionally in the CDRs is not a simple job, but rather the result of the motivation to defend the Revolution from this trench, the also Hero of the Republic of Cuba said, who insisted that the organization has not given up its reason for being, which is the defense of the Homeland. But that task, he commented, must be adjusted to the reality of the country. This is valid for finding those who could serve as professional cadres or leaders at the grassroots, he said.
While the Balcony of Eastern Cuba achieves consistency in voluntary blood donations; the politics of cadres and more action in confronting the theft and slaughter of large cattle are issues that occupy the CDR members here. After the stay in Las Tunas soil of its highest leadership, the need to strengthen the preparation and evaluation of potential candidates to occupy positions of responsibility, especially in the municipalities and the auxiliary team of the province, also emerged.
Another aspect to be promoted, they indicated, is the educational level of those who will serve as leaders at all levels; without neglecting what they described as the most relevant political process that they now face in the communities: the popular consultation of the Families Code. "To know the political and moral state of the population, you have to go to the neighborhood, talk with the people," urged the first secretary of the PCC in this eastern territory.
