Nicaragua Moves Ahead With Reform to Exclude Opposition : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News
Amnesty International says the changes would extend presidential terms, bar opponents from elections and erase remaining democratic safeguards.
- On Friday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega warned he will push constitutional reforms extending presidential terms from six to seven years and permanently barring opposition candidates from elections; the National Assembly is expected to approve the changes in early September.
- Since 2007, Ortega and Co-President Rosario Murillo have governed with absolute power, maintaining control after 2018 protests where more than 300 people died according to the United Nations, while employing state security forces to silence opposition.
- Amnesty International warned on Thursday that the initiatives threaten democratic safeguards and violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, citing the government's unconstitutional control over the judiciary.
- The United States warned it would not remain "with its arms crossed" in the face of the "dictatorship," while the European Union urged elections; Ortega rejected this, describing opponents as "coup plotters" and "traitors to the homeland."
- During the 47th anniversary of the Air Force, Ortega stated the reform aims to "strengthen peace" and prevent the opposition from "seizing the government," claiming elections would no longer be held in the country.
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Nicaragua's leader Daniel Ortega wants to abolish elections and secure the rule of his family. Internationally, that hardly seems to interest anyone.
Following Daniel Ortega's announcement to eliminate the elections in Nicaragua, opposition leader Tamara Dávila suggested that she seeks to suppress the vote because citizens no longer want her to remain in power. In an interview with López-Dóriga, Tamara Dávila said that Daniel Ortega's current regime does not represent the citizens' desire, but has been maintained for many years thanks to repression. “The Nicaraguan people do not want to live …
Nicaragua Holds Consultations on Partial Constitutional Reform
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Djenane Villanueva, CNN en Español President Daniel Ortega's announcement that there will be no elections in Nicaragua, far from surprising exiled opposition leaders in Costa Rica, ended by confirming the dismantling of democracy that they have denounced for years.For them, the Nicaraguan government's intention to preserve The post The Nicaraguan opposition in exile seeks to increase international pressure against Ortega and open a political tra…
Nicaragua Moves Ahead With Reform to Exclude Opposition : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega warned Friday that he will move forward with a constitutional reform aimed at excluding the opposition from elections, despite objections from several countries and international organizations. The National Assembly, controlled by the government, is expected to approve the constitutional changes requested by Ortega in early September. The reforms would prevent the participation of opponents whom he claims are w…
Daniel Ortega no longer needs to rig elections or imprison candidates to preserve power: he has decided to dispense with the rite. Most worryingly, democracies seem to have become accustomed to Nicaragua’s ruling dictatorship.
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