The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo ordered a reform of the Electoral Law a few months before the municipal elections of November 2022. The proposal, presented by the group of 75 Sandinista deputies, consists of the reform of 10 articles: 16 , 21, 22, 70, 74, 85, 105, 148 and 158 of Law No. 131.
According to the document, the modification of the Electoral Law is to “expedite” and “improve” various aspects of the electoral process in the municipal votes that will take place in less than six months.
For the consultation of the reforms, the board of directors of the parliament, dominated by the ruling party, ordered the creation of a special Commission that will carry out the consultation, which “will be fundamentally addressed to the Supreme Electoral Council itself and the political parties that have party or participated in elections or who have representation”.
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The proposal states that the objective of the reform to article 16 is to “shorten the time for political parties to present their proposals for the formation of the Departmental or Regional Electoral Councils.”
The reform to article 22 proposes the expansion from 400 to 600 the number of citizens who can exercise the right to vote in the Receiving Boards authorized by the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE).
