Havana, April 12 (Prensa Latina) The Comptroller General of the Republic of Cuba, Gladys Bejerano, stated this Friday that combining prevention and confrontation is key to eliminate indiscipline, crime and corruption.

The objective of the Revolution has never been to accept that resources or people are lost, but that they become better citizens every day, better Cubans, he declared to the press shortly after his participation in the debates of the National Assembly of People's Power on the fight against illegalities.

According to the vice-president of the Council of State, the exchanges of criteria in Parliament were broad and deep, focused on identifying the causes and conditions that provoke acts of indiscipline, crime and administrative corruption.

We have presented the results of a year's work on a complex issue that demands strength and energy in its fight, but also a lot of serenity, he stressed at the Convention Palace, the site this Friday of the second working day of the 10 permanent committees of the Assembly.

Bejerano insisted on the importance of preventing and providing the entities with tools for superior management, which will close the way to illegalities.

The objective of internal control is not only to fight crime, it is also to make administrations more efficient in their management with a view to greater benefit for the country, he said.

The comptroller reported that 73 percent of those involved in corruption last year were subjected to criminal prosecution, with penalties that depend on the assessment of the law in each case.