Nicaragua Faces the Worst Possible Election Scenario
The crossroads of CxL facing the exclusion of the Coalition, and the path of civic resistance to demand the suspension of the police state
Nicaragua is headed for the worst possible election on November 7
th. We’re facing an election without guarantees or electoral reforms, and with tightened FSLN control over the electoral apparatus. Ten magistrates loyal to President Daniel Ortega were recently named to the Electoral Council.
In addition, it’s an election to be held under a police state, with more than 120 political prisoners and no public freedoms. With a divided opposition – Citizens Alliance for Freedom on one side and the National Coalition on the other – the electoral scenario could be even worse.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Nicaraguan presidential aspirant and journalist Cristiana Chamorro Barrios proposed this Friday to choose through a poll a single presidential candidate for the opposition to face Sandinista Daniel Ortega, who is seeking new reelection in the November elections.
“We are on time to put Nicaragua first and achieve unity around a single candidate, selected by all the opposition, registered and not registered, that is not important, but the legitimacy that gives us the popular consensus,” said Chamorro Barrios, daughter of former Nicaraguan President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (1990-1997), in a statement.
Cristiana Chamorro. (Photo internet reproduction)
“Ortega has no legitimacy, legitimacy belongs to the people. Let their voice be heard. Let’s use the national polls for that and select the candidate with the greatest popular support to win by a representative and absolute majority”, she advocated in the statement, which she titled “The people