RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Nicaraguan presidential hopeful Cristiana Chamorro said Monday that the unity of the various opposition forces, currently fragmented, is “imperative” to defeat the country’s president Sandinista Daniel Ortega, in the general elections of next November 7.
“Unity is imperative, and that the (presidential) pre-candidates agree on the mechanism for the selection of a single candidate, as proposed by the Good Will Commission”, said in a message Chamorro Barrios, daughter of former president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (1990-1997) and whom the Sandinista government has opened an investigation for alleged money laundering.
Chamorro says opposition unity is “imperative” to defeat Nicaragua’s Ortega. (Photo internet reproduction)
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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