IN a meeting on April 26 led by its First Secretary, compañero Fidel Castro, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), addressed several issues related to the process of constant improvement of party work, in order to provide a superior response to the demands of these times in which achievements and advances are being discerned and materialized in solving the limitations accompanying the Special Period, which we are beginning to leave behind.

It reaffirmed that, under such circumstances, it is up to the Party to exert greater influence and elevate its leadership role in the interest of increasingly achieving the full participation of our people in the tasks of building socialism and combating anything that might damage, delay or prevent the development of the Revolutionary process, which is why there will be an increasingly intense and coordinated response to manifestations of indiscipline, corruption, negligence and other negative attitudes.

In the meeting, it was noted that recent work by Party duos in workplaces around the country have demonstrated the practical utility of methods that are introducing a truly encouraging change with the purpose of eliminating possible indiscipline and conduct incompatible with socialist principles. The positive results attained have not only boosted the authority and prestige of the Party among workers and the people in general, but also made it possible to know more about the insufficiencies in their work and that of the administration.

Considering the above, among other actions and measures to be put into practice, the Political Bureau agreed to propose to the Central Committee that the Secretariat should be reestablished. This leadership body will act as an auxiliary to the Political Bureau in daily Party work and will take responsibility for organizing and ensuring the implementation and enforcement of its decisions, as well as monitoring the correct application of policies on cadres both of the Party itself and of the other institutions in our society.

Together with the above, the expansion of the Central Committee Auxiliary Apparatus was discussed, and it was agreed to add three more departments, Culture, Public Health and Science, to the 10 that already exist.

The meeting also discussed an unfortunate and unusual case of the inability of a political cadre to overcome his errors: that of Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte. Criticized, warned and urged more than once by the PCC to surmount his failures, he pretended to admit to and put an end to them. But that was not what actually happened. That made it necessary to undertake a new and profound analysis of his conduct, which determined the decision to remove him from membership in the Political Bureau and Central Committee, as well as from the ranks of the Party.

It should be noted that far from assimilating the abovementioned criticism and warnings, certain manifestations became all the more visible: of arrogance and disdain; abuse of power and ostentation of his position; indiscretions and a weakening of ethical principles, which have exposed dishonest attitudes incompatible with the conduct of a communist, much less a Party cadre.

Before making this decision, a Political Bureau commission discussed all of these matters with him in depth.

The possible legal consequences of his conduct are being investigated.