Representatives of the National Livestock Commission of Nicaragua (Conagan) They assure that the invasion and kidnapping of the installations of the fairground known as Expica“it was a mistake”, from the legal point of view, and they are confident that they have the documents to prove it before the Attorney General’s Office.
“That is a fait accompli,” said a source from the livestock sectorwho agreed to explain his point of view to CONFIDENTIALwith the condition of keeping your name anonymous, to avoid attracting reprisals against you or yours.
Last Tuesday, September 20, agents of the National Police and the PGR, following orders from Daniel Ortega Y Rosario Murillo, they invaded the fairgrounds, where the offices of the Livestock Exhibition of the Central American Isthmus (Expica), those of Conagan, as well as two other private companies that simply rented premises in that place, also operated, confirmed to CONFIDENTIAL another source from the livestock sector who also asked not to be identified by name.
This source recounted that very early on that Tuesday, a police contingent arrived at the fairgrounds accompanied by personnel from the Attorney General’s Office, demanding the delivery of the keys to each office, also taking possession of the equipment and furniture, while expelling administrative and security personnel, leaving the entire park under police guard.
“I wish it was that easy”
The National Livestock Commission —made up of five organizations from the livestock sector— is requesting meetings with the Attorney General’s Office and the Presidency, to explain that whose legal status was withdrawn last July went to Expicaand that this entity does not own one hundred percent of the property.
At the time of the seizure of the installations, neither the officials of the Attorney General’s Office —and least of all the Police officers— offered any arguments to try to justify themselves, nor did they deliver paper of any kind that would legally support them, for which the Commission is still waiting a positive answer, when they show that the invasion occurred “by mistake”.
Not everyone agrees with that optimistic vision.
The source of the livestock sector that considers that “this is a fait accompli”, also detailed to CONFIDENTIAL how, shortly after Ortega’s return to the presidency of the Republic, the president donated that property to ranchers “and now he takes it away.”
In the early days of the 2007-2012 presidential term (in fact, even during the transition period), Ortega made great efforts to convince the business class that he had changed, and that he did not intend to confront or confiscate them as he did in the years 80, and if in the first decade that he was in power he was able to keep his word in general terms, time would show that in reality, he had not changed one iota.
“It seems that Ortega and the Mayor’s Office of Managua have plans for that area and since they do not respect union institutions or private property, they appropriate what is of interest to them by way of outburst,” added the source.
Expica and Conagan, are two more victims
Both Expica –whose fair scheduled for the month of July, was closed without notice by the regime, after cancel your legal statuswhat caused huge losses to dozens of ranchers in the region) – like Conagan, they occupied premises within the fairgrounds located near Acahualinca. The property belongs to 70% of Conagan, while a corporation called Indesa owns the remaining 30%.
The regime’s attacks against the Nicaraguan private sector – with part of its jailed leadership Y condemned, in addition to several closed companies, expropriatedeither fiscally harassed–– have significantly diminished the management capacity of national entrepreneurs, while questions Nicaragua as a place to invest foreign capitals.
CONFIDENTIAL consulted various entities of the livestock sector, but their leaders excused themselves from giving statements, waiting to be able to meet to analyze the situation, trying to handle the situation privately. ANDhe private sector leadership did not respond either.
According to information available on its website, in addition to Expica, the National Livestock Commission of Nicaragua is made up of the National Union of Farmers and Ranchers of Nicaragua (UNAG); the Nicaraguan Association of Pure Livestock Breeders (Ancgap); the Dairy Industry Development Fund (Fondilac), and the Nicaraguan Union of Milk Producers (Unileche).
