The Sandinista National Liberation Front party (FSLN), led by Daniel Ortega, was awarded the total number of mayors in the country, through questionable elections orchestrated by militants of this party.
Sandinista electoral magistrates confirmed that the 153 municipalities, including those that have traditionally been won by Liberals, will be controlled by the ruling political organization.
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In the previous municipal elections, the liberal-leaning parties won 18 mayorships, many of them later usurped by the Sandinistas. This year, the participants handed over power to the regime.
The more than 3 million citizens summoned to vote, 82.7% abstained, according to the independent observatory Urnas Abiertas; despite desperate actions by the ruling party to increase turnout.
The observatory confirmed that only 17% of Nicaraguans went to the polling stations; many voters did so forced by the regime in the face of warnings of reprisals.
The Blue and White National Unity (UNAB) maintained that this was another “defeat” of the regime, due to the notorious rejection of the population.
The opposition organization pointed out that the process, branded an “electoral farce”, demonstrated “the loneliness and isolation of Ortega” and invited citizens to maintain civic resistance and denunciation.
At least 10 weeks have passed since the last time any information was known about the prisoners and political prisoners who are held captive in the Judicial Assistance Directorate (DAJ), known as “El Chipote”.
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Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo carried out the disputed municipal elections and still do not allow imprisoned union leaders to be visited by their families.
On a daily basis, the families demand that the regime be able to see them and allow them to visit on a regular basis; In addition, they demand that the torture cease and that the children be able to communicate with their imprisoned fathers and mothers.
The opposition Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy of Nicaragua On Monday, he pointed to the government presided over by former Sandinista guerrilla Daniel Ortega as the main person responsible for the massive exodus of Nicaraguans to other countries, mainly to the United States.
Oppositionist George West argued that she gave the example of the municipal elections held this Sunday in Nicaragua, which, she said, were held without electoral competition, which discourages Nicaraguans.
