The fuchsia color that Rosario Murillo imposed with the so-called Alianza Unida Nicaragua Triunfa to bring Daniel Ortega to power in the 2006 elections gradually disappeared from public events in the West.
Since the last campaign of the FSLN, with the municipal elections of 2022, the pennants of colors typical of the deputy dictator, pink, yellow, purple, light blue, orange, among others, stopped standing out and the red and black of the old party return with a greater presence.
In a monitoring of social networks carried out on official pages of mayors, institutions and digital platforms managed by the Network of Young Communicators in the West, it is notable that in a series of photographs and videos of public events, there is a return to the red and black flag . Gone are the pompous colors of Murillo. “There are fewer and fewer followers of her here,” says a Western militant.
The situation is also notorious in the department of León, which is classified as a stronghold of Sandinismo. “The old guard,” as they call the militants who had some kind of participation in the fight against Somoza, recognizes only Daniel Ortega as the party leader. “Here we do not accept Murillo’s co-leadership,” they add.
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It is not new that there is a divorce between the former militancy of León and Rosario Murillo. It deepened after the 2018 crisis. They expected more from his party, after saving him from the social uprising.
The interventions of the officials, deputies, even the political secretaries themselves in the pro-government media mention both Ortega and Murillo and with emphasis on her name, out of obligation. “This is done to ingratiate herself with her, otherwise, they could receive a call to attention, or worse still be removed from her duties,” they say.
An ex-combatant from Leon who is nicknamed “Jaguar” recalls that four years ago they were summoned to defend the revolution in the so-called second stage and in exchange they were offered land, public office, among other benefits. “But now we are ignored by the party leadership. We are not taken into account at all and we are always seen as beggars while the profiteers who never carried a gun are the ones who now enjoy salaries and positions,” said the militant.
“El Jaguar” recalled that among the royalties made by the politicians of his party are the more than 100 acres of land behind the Fortín, now the Tomas Borge settlement, La Pañoleta, which is a property of 93 acres, among other lands confiscated from producers of the West and that today are in the hands of mobs, ex-militants, police, state workers and even the same departmental political secretaries. “But it’s not enough for everyone,” they complained.
“There is a crisis within the Front,” mentioned another sympathizer. “In the party they tell us that nothing can be done without the authorization of the partner, but that is illogical, who is she?” He asked himself. “You have to respect the old militancy,” mentioned another party activist. “The party has a difficult future, we are wrong,” she said.
By United Voices
