Daniel Ortega ordered to do what not even the Anastasio Somoza dictatorship dared at the most critical moments of the armed struggle of the Sandinista Front against his regime: outlaw the Nicaraguan Red Cross and confiscate it to make it a state entity.
Rosario Murillo Zambrana, its vice president, its spokesperson and his wife; She defended the attack and accused the relief entity that has existed in Nicaragua for more than 60 years without evidence. According to Murillo, without giving a single proof of her accusation, the Nicaraguan Red Cross (CRN) “violated its principles”, in reference to the care provided to the injured during the 2018 protests.
What he did not mention is that the socorristas also provided assistance to their fans and paramilitaries during the confrontations, guided by those principles, to which Murillo denied merit.
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Murillo’s accusations arrived at noon this Wednesday, after the National Assembly that the regime controls stripped the Nicaraguan Red Cross of its legal status and transferred all its assets to the Ministry of Health (Minsa).
Minsa did close hospitals
The Minsa has been questioned nationally and internationally for ordering the closure of hospitals for opponents of the regime, even denying them medical assistance during the April protests five years ago.
“Doctor Gustavo Porras has also sent us information about the approval that today (yesterday, May 10) the National Assembly made on the repeal of legislative decree number 357 that dates from 1958 and that today is updated, making the The Red Cross, which is Nicaraguan, is a decentralized entity attached to the Ministry of Health (Minsa),” Murillo said when trying to explain in a “soft way” the confiscation of the relief entity.
“This will continue in this way, complying with the international legal framework based on the Geneva conventions of 1949 and its additional protocols,” he said.
“With this law, the Nicaraguan Red Cross acquires legal personality, its own assets, with an indefinite duration, guaranteeing job stability and the operations of the Institution with full capacity to acquire rights and contract obligations,” added the sanctioned vice president. What she did not say is that now the Minsa will be able to influence the management of the relief entity.
attacks her
During her speech, Rosario Murillo attacked the institution that at the time of the 2018 citizen protests played an important role in the care provided to the wounded during the police and paramilitary repression.
“Through some subsidiaries, the Nicaraguan Red Cross, in certain circumstances and moments, failed to comply with its raison d’être and acted against the principles of impartiality, humanity and neutrality that characterize this humanitarian association and particularly these incidents that violated its nature around the events of 2018, “he vociferated.
“So today we have the Nicaraguan Red Cross as an entity attached to the Ministry of Health and will continue to comply with the international legal framework apart from all its national obligations and duties based on the international legal framework of Geneva and additional protocols,” Murillo tried to make up. .
The cancellation of the legal status of the Red Cross took the directors of the entity by surprise, who found out what happened through social networks.
By United Voices
