Cuban President Raul Castro is set to step down next month. He has been in power since his brother and Revolutionary Fidel did the same in 2006 due to health issues. Adding to his, for the first time in nearly 60 years, the Cuban people will be able to vote for a new National Assembly. What is even more important, however, is the fact that they will be able to vote for representatives outside of the Communist party. Though Raul Castro will still be seated as Secretary of the Party, and the government will most likely remain leftist-oriented, the introduction of democracy in Cuban government marks the beginning of the gradual process of Democratization of the the country. Once the citizenry is able to vote for representatives, chances are, they will call for the direct elections of the Head of State. Something more surprising about this election, is that 322 of the candidates are Women. Though the Communist party may think that giving the citizenry a new sense of democracy will give them more authority and legitimacy, this exposure will most likely force the dictatorship to abdicate power, however voluntary the governmental (or revolutionary) processes will be. However, Castro’s resignation gives the country some hope that the Communist party will likely fade away.