The opposition leaders to the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo and who are in exile living in the United States, said they were focused on achieving unity, said the released politician Ireland Jerezone of the most critical voices of the Nicaraguan dictatorship.
The former leader of the Managua merchants indicated that the opponents “were working on a plan to save Nicaragua from the dictatorship, that plan is based on the unification of the Nicaraguan opposition, which has to be a coherent opposition, that does not go awry, that does not dialogue with the tyrants.”
He pointed out that, from this unification, “a force must come out that legitimately represents the blood of so many heroes and martyrs (of April) and that fights for ideals such as freedom, justice and democracy.” The exile is giving a great demonstration in this new stage, he pointed out.
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In his opinion, at the head of that unit, “the entire Nicaraguan people must be there and the leaders must come from the bases, they must be elected by the exile and the resisting people.” According to Jerez, it would be the result of an election with a broad representation of the different sectors. “We’re working on it,” he said.
weaken the dictatorship
In the same vein, the released political and opposition prisoner Juan Sebastian Chamorro He stated that the fundamental thing is organization and taking advantage of all the mistakes that the dictatorship makes to weaken it. “This task is not only for the opposition leaders, but for everyone, to unite in a civic and peaceful resistance,” he assured.
Faced with news of apparent divisions and infighting between opposition leaders, Chamorro said that the leaders “love each other very much.” «Maybe we should do more things together, but really if there is unity. The dictator made a mistake by putting us in jail, because that strengthened the opposition,” he specified.
Consulted the also opponent Felix Maradiaga He pointed out that they work in different ways. “We no longer announce each step we take, but I do assure that there is fraternity, we are carrying out very close work between the opposition leaders,” he said.
Another who referred to the issue of differences was Medardo Mairena. «Those voices that promote division have no incidence, some of them only do so on social networks, but here there is no division, the people are united and whoever does not come together in a single fist, it will be the same people who will pass the account,” he said.
Support for the Catholic Church
Faced with the brutal persecution suffered by the Catholic Church and the kidnapping of Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of Matagalpa, the opponents showed their full support and demanded his release.
Jerez recalled that Sandinismo has been an enemy of the Catholic Church for years. “Their acts of aggression date from the 1980s,” he said when condemning the kidnapping of Bishop Alvarez and the exile of priests and seminarians.
Chamorro also explained that some priests were with him in the cells of El Chipote. “Those days were moments of communion,” he said. The opponent described the dictatorship’s persecution of religious men and women as unprecedented barbarity.
By: United Voices
