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Caribbean-Latin America
Castro backs term limits
2011-04-18
[The Nation (Nairobi)] Cuban President Raul Castro has said that he backs political term limits of 10 years at most for top leadership spots in a country he and his brother Fidel Castro have led for more than five decades.
Didn't think of this back in the 60s, didya...
"We have reached the conclusion that it is in our interest to limit to a maximum of two consecutive five-year terms service in top state and political roles," Castro told the 1,000 delegates as he opened the Communist Party Congress.

"This is possible and necessary in our current situation," added the 79-year-old, who took over during his brother's health crisis back in 2006. It was not immediately clear if, or how, Raul Castro meant for the measure to apply to himself as president. He turns 80 in June.

And Raul Castro lamented that, in his view, there were no younger Cubans ready to take over the helm of the party and the nation immediately.

"Today, we face the consequences of not having a back bench of adequately prepared replacements, who have enough experience and maturity to take on the new and complex duties of managing the party, state and government," he said.
I think he means the 1,000 delegates, who can't be too happy about what they just heard...
The president said, without elaborating, that glory-seeking by unnamed parties could stand in the way of the Communist Party being "worthy of the unlimited support of the people and the revolution, for all time."

Delegates will, over four days, vote on economic reforms and officially relieve his ailing 84-year-old brother as party leader.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Castro backs term limits

But with Fidel, it comes with a life time guarantee.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-04-18 15:32  

#1  And Raul Castro lamented that, in his view, there were no younger Cubans ready to take over the helm of the party and the nation immediately.

Translation: we two octogenarians are going to be running things for a while longer.
Posted by: Secret Master   2011-04-18 00:26  

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