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PINAR DEL RIO, March 27 (Víctor Rolando Arroyo, UPECI /
www.cubanet.org) - The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution in Pinar del
Río will distribute unspecified material incentives to encourage
participation in their activities, which has been flagging for some time now,
according to officials.
Lately, they complain, even committed Communist Party militants don’t
want to assume responsibilities such as the presidency of the local committees.
Officials decried the present apathy, and talked about being more selective
in appointing leaders, because present ones "are not well prepared for
their duties and don’t take the trouble to improve."
Evidently the vigilance activities of the Committees are also lagging, since
the population largely discounts the proposition that crime increases due to the
lack of citizen participation in standing watch at State enterprises.
"The people of Pinar del Río are apathetic to the CDR because
through that organization the government wants to turn every person into a
watchman over his neighbors, since the essence of the CDR’s work is to
compile socio-political information that may be useful to the repressive
organizations of the Ministry of the Interior," said one resident.
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