This week, three days before the traditional May Day demonstration that is one of the set pieces of the Cuban revolutionary calendar, Raúl quietly took several bureaucratic steps to institutionalise his rule.At a meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party he announced that a long-overdue party congress will take place at the end of next year.
They're the vintage, hip-shaking sound of a world-weary soul belter caught between throwing a celebratory, long-overdue party yet unable to shed the lessons learned of a life on the outskirts.
That is good, but ground for complacency, which is why the Lib Dems' and Labour's move was overdue.The parties' proposals are much the same.
It was long overdue ― the party had been operating without someone in that crucial position for months. .
But the Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee told the justices that the decision was simply an overdue recognition that parties have a "special interdependent relationship" and share a common purpose with their own nominees.
We are overdue for a Democratic party that respects and places black women at the center of power.
The problem is not confined to Harvard, and countervailing pressure from students, alumni and other interested parties is overdue and welcome.
Yet a genuine public debate about what constitutes a good business is long overdue, though the coalition parties have begun to dabble with the idea in small ways themselves.
"The creation of a new body to negotiate a second protocol … represents an overdue acknowledgement by all parties that the climate convention and the Kyoto protocol alone are insufficient to drive action consistent with the ultimate objective of the convention," said Jarju.
While there have been some positive, long-overdue noises from parties on areas such as mental health and delivering more joined-up health and social care, these mean little without resources.
Some have welcomed Mr Khanal's arrival as bringing the overdue return of the largest party to government and as a setback for India's micro-managing of Nepali affairs.
