Castro to be 'in shape' to run again
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
Alarc=F3n said Thursday.
''I would nominate him,'' said Alarc=F3n, the highest-ranking member of
parliament. ``I'm sure he will be in perfect shape to continue
handling his responsibilities.''
Mobbed by re****ters following a parliamentary session to discuss
Cuba's upcoming elections, Alarc=F3n 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, Alarc=F3n 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, Ra=FAl, following surgery in July.
''Fidel has been and is very involved, very connected, very active in
all manner of im****tant decisions that this country makes,'' Alarc=F3n
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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