Posted on Fri, Mar. 23, 2007
HAVANA --
CUBA
(AP) -- Fidel Castro will be in ''perfect shape'' to run for reelection
to parliament next spring, the first step toward securing yet another
term as Cuba's president, National Assembly head Ricardo Alarcón said
Thursday.
''I would nominate him,'' said Alarcón, the highest-ranking member of
parliament. ``I'm sure he will be in perfect shape to continue handling
his responsibilities.''
Mobbed by reporters following a parliamentary session to discuss Cuba's
upcoming elections, Alarcón said Castro ``is doing fine and continuing
to focus on recovery and rehabilitation.''
A lengthy process of nominating candidates for municipal elections will
begin this summer, leading to several rounds of voting. By March 2008,
Cuba should be ready to hold parliamentary elections that are expected
to include Castro, Alarcón said.
The 80-year-old Castro was the world's longest-ruling head of state,
occupying the island's presidency for 47 years before stepping aside in
favor of his younger brother, Raúl, following surgery in July.
''Fidel has been and is very involved, very connected, very active in
all manner of important decisions that this country makes,'' Alarcón
said. ``What's happening is, he can't do it the same way he did before
because he has to dedicate a good part of his time to recuperating
physically.''
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