The departure from his functions and from the offices in the Vice-Presidency of the country of the former Commander-in-Chief of the Nicaraguan Army and former Vice-President of the Republic, Omar Halleslevens, supposedly due to “encounters” with Vice-dictator Rosario Murillo, is clear evidence that in the Within Ortega, a war for power is being waged, according to the opinion of analysts consulted by Article 66.
For analysts, Murillo remains in an overwhelming race to concentrate more power, and that would make a part of the circle of power of the dictator Daniel Ortega unhappy.
For the ex-guerrilla commander and historian, in exile, Dora María Téllez, if the information that Rosario Murillo ordered the retired Army general to be thrown out of his office in the Vice Presidency, would be “one more example of the internal cannibalism that is taking place within Ortegaism».
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He also believes that Rosario Murillo “is very uncomfortable with figures that have a history and their own weight.” Halleslevens has its own weight. That is something that Rosario Murillo does not tolerate,” Téllez said.
The opponent, who knows the Sandinista veterans well for having belonged to that party, analyzes that another problem that deepens the crisis within Ortega is that precisely Ortega “does not want to listen to opinions different from the way he acts”
He warns that Ortega’s inability could be diminishing his loyalties, because “nobody maintains their unconditional adherence to a leader who is incapable of finding an adequate course.”
Army will not respond
For his part, the retired Army major, Roberto Samcam, recalled that the retired general is very close to “one of the poles of power” that is in Nicaragua right now,
He considers that the Army is not going to react, and in that sense “I don’t think there is a major problem”, despite the fact that Hallesleven still maintains “communicating vessels with some officers who were subordinate to him, in counterintelligence”, however, Samcan He believes that it is unlikely that the Army will respond as an institution.
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Samcam recommends that regime officials “soak their beards”, since the fact that Rosario Murillo removed Hallesleven, shows signs of a very dangerous measure, because it is not just any figure that Murillo would be purging.
