HAVANA - Cuba will hold elections on Jan. 20 for a new National Assembly that will approve the countryÂ’s top leadership posts and settle speculation about the possible retirement of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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A decree signed by acting president Raul Castro set the date of the elections for 14 provincial assemblies and the national parliament, Cuban state television announced.
At its first session in March, the National Assembly has to approve the composition of the 31-member Council of State, CubaÂ’s highest executive body, whose president is the countryÂ’s head of state.
| They'll just rotate the chairs. Gotta wait for Fidel and Raul to shuffle off this mortal coil ... |
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