Daniel Ortega on Nicaragua: ‘There Will Never Be Elections Again’
Ortega framed the move as a bid to block a U.S.-backed opposition, ending a voting system he said had already served its purpose.
- On Sunday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced that Nicaragua will stop holding elections, framing the decision as necessary to block a U.S.-backed opposition from seizing power at a Sandinista Revolution anniversary event.
- Ortega, who has held power for three decades, previously secured constitutional reforms last year extending presidential terms from five to six years and postponing the next scheduled election until 2027.
- Vice President Rosario Murillo shares authority as co-president under the reforms, while the UN Human Rights Council has accused the government of "arbitrary detentions, torture, extrajudicial executions persecution of civil society and the media."
- The U.S. State Department condemned the announcement, labeling the Murillo-Ortega administration a "dictatorship" and calling on the international community to unite against the move, which officials claim abandons the pretense of popular consent.
- Civil society organizations, including the Nicaragua Nunca Más collective operating from Costa Rica, warned that the Sandinista Front has effectively become a single party with no real opposition remaining in the country.
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US Criticises Daniel Ortega for Refusing to Hold Elections in Nicaragua and Accuses Authoritarianism
After Daniel Ortega pointed out that there will be no more elections in Nicaragua, the U.S. government called on the international community to defend democracy in the country.
Managua’s announcement removed any democratic appearance and opened the door to broader economic sanctions, visa restrictions and a coordinated diplomatic offensive from Washington
Former President Luis Guillermo Solís (2014-2018) this Tuesday criticized the claims of Nicaragua's dictator, Daniel Ortega, that elections will not be held again in Nicaragua.Through a social media publication, the former Costa Rican president said that although Nicaragua's political course was already known, Ortega's words cleared any doubt about the nature and dictatorial character of his regime. "I deeply thank the dictator of Nicaragua for …
Nicaragua’s Communist President Ortega Declares End to Elections
Nicaragua’s long-serving communist president, Daniel Ortega, said the Central American country will no longer hold elections. Ortega has continuously held power with the Sandinistas since 2007, following an earlier presidential term in the 1980s, and said the move will close off any path to the opposition. “There won’t be any more elections. There won’t be no more elections where they try to seize the government, to seize power,” Ortega said in …
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