Norma Aurora Lanzas Somoza75 years old, mother of former Liberal deputy and now political prisoner María Fernanda Flores from Aleman, He passed away on the night of Tuesday, October 4, as he confirmed to Article 66 the former president of Nicaragua Arnoldo Alemán, husband of the area of conscience.
Alemán denounced that the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega did not allow Flores Lanzas to say goodbye to his mother “and be able to give her a Christian burial”, he also pointed out that the police authorities did not authorize a veil, much less that a priest arrive.
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María Fernanda Flores could not say goodbye to her mother, since she has been under the house arrest regime since last year and neither in situations of force majeure are they allowed to leave or under police custody.
For his part, the former deputy, Paul González told this media outlet that the relatives decided to cremate Norma Lanzas, to keep her ashes together with those of her partner, the father of the former deputy.
“The police did not allow María Fernanda’s relatives to watch over her mother, neither in the house of the deceased lady, nor where her other daughters were,” the former parliamentarian stressed.
He added that this is “the second blow” that the former first lady receives, since on August 16, 2021, her father José Antonio Flores died, while she had been detained for more than two months.
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Given this action by the Nicaraguan dictatorship, González said that this is one more fact that “is exposed to the entire world, where the rights of any Nicaraguan are violated. This is reprehensible because the former deputy has the right to say goodbye to her mother ».
“This is a violation of the rights, not only of María Fernanda, but of all the other opponents who have had their most basic rights restricted,” he remarked.
For their part, the members of the Liberal Movement, which the former parliamentarian founded, expressed their closeness to the political prisoner. We express our deepest condolences and support, raising prayers so that your loved ones find strength, resignation and soon consolation in the face of such irreparable loss, “they expressed.
Flowers, has been deprived of liberty for more than a year. The hostage of the dictatorship is part of the group of nine opponents who remain under the prison regime of home detention under maximum restrictions.
Ortega justice convicted her of allegedly conspiring “to undermine national integrity” and in February 2022 she was sentenced by the Ninth Criminal District Judge of Managua, Luden Quiroz García, to eight years in prison without the right to run for public office.
