Cuba-ism

Raul Castro, the new(ish) first secretary of Cuba, said this week that he wanted to impose a limit on the length of time officials could stay in power in the country. He favours a limit of "two terms in office" similar to the limit placed on the US president. He also announced the appointment of several new officials - Jose Ventura (age 80) and Ramiro Valdes (age 78). Raul Castro is himself 79 years old. So it begs the question, what is the point in limiting the time these officials are allowed to stay in office? None of them have much hope of staying alive long enough to go over the two term limit!