Raúl Castro provides another reason term limits are a bad idea

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Raúl Castro, today in Havana. (AP photo)

In the United States, term limits on how long someone can hold office is anti-democratic. That's why we have elections.

In Cuba, the thought of term limits for the nation's leaders, who not once in more than 52 years have stood for election, is just hilarious.

Raúl Castro's pronouncement today belies the fact that his term, and that of his brother, long ago expired.

It is time for them to go.

Posted by Marc R. Masferrer on April 16, 2011 at 09:54 PM in Cuba | Permalink

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