The dictators Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo ordered this Tuesday, November 26, to reform the General Law of Migration and Immigration, in the midst of an unstoppable offensive reforming all the laws of the Nicaraguan State to adapt them to the exact mold of their dynasty that they are establishing in the country and strengthen absolute control over the lives of Nicaraguans under iron tyranny.
The dictator Ortega sent to his political operators who serve as deputies in the National Assembly the initiative of Law of Reforms and additions to Law number 761 “General Law of Migration and Immigration” In the same combo it includes the initiative to add to “Law number 641, Penal Code of the Republic of Nicaragua.”
With the new reform to the Immigration and Immigration Law, the dictatorship gives full powers to that institution to “deny entry, revoke permanence, cancel residency or acquired Nicaraguan nationality,” but the most serious thing about this reform is that the denial of income to the country may even be for nationals, with which the regime intends to legalize the abuses it has been committing in recent years, by preventing airlines from transporting Nicaraguan citizens who intend to get to the Augusto C. Sandino airport.
This mechanism to prevent entry for nationals, which for now Migration and Immigration carried out de facto, was also carried out at land border posts, through verification in lists or by searching for digital traces through social networks, where agents verify if there are opinions about the political situation in the country.
The reform now establishes, in article 1, that the object of the law is to regulate the entry and exit of “national citizens or citizens of other nationalities to and from the national territory without prejudice to the provisions of the Political Constitution, Treaties and Agreements.” ratified international agreements and the regional integration agreements approved by Nicaragua”, in order to apply the constitutional reforms on the issue of loss of nationality for those uncomfortable with the regime, as already approved in a modification to the Magna Carta, to the measure of character repressive of the Sandinista party.
Total discretion to deny entry to Nicaraguan opponents
Among the most controversial reforms is article 10, referring to the functions of the General Directorate of Migration and Immigration (DGME), which in paragraph 11 establishes that this body is empowered to “authorize or deny entry visas to the national territory.” to citizens of other nationalities.
But in section 12, it empowers Immigration to “deny entry into the country of people who may undermine national sovereignty or present a social risk”, without specifying whether it refers to nationals or foreigners, which leaves the door wide open for , without further consultation, the DGME prohibits the entry into the country of Nicaraguans who are opponents or are perceived as such by the Ortega-Murillo regime.
