The undersecretary for Latin America of the Department of State, Brian Nichols, denounced on Friday that on November 6 Nicaraguans “will be denied” the right to exercise their vote freely, in the municipal elections, in which the government spokesman of the USA referred to as “another electoral farce”.
“Nicaraguans will once again be denied the right to freely and fairly choose their municipal authorities,” Nichols said on social media. “As long as opposition leaders remain imprisoned or exiled and their parties are denied participation, they will have no chance in another electoral farce.”
In these elections, the authorities of 153 municipalities of the country are at stake. The ruling party named 101 active mayors as candidates for the municipal elections, including three aldermen sanctioned by the United States.
More than 3 million Nicaraguans are authorized by the Supreme Electoral Council to participate in municipal elections to be held this Sunday in the Central American country.
In total, there will be five political parties that will participate in the process: the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, the Yatama Regional Indigenous Party, the Alliance for the Republic, APRE, and the Independent Liberal Party, PLI.
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