Nicaragua's Ruler Daniel Ortega Declares 'There Will Be No More Elections'
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
SAN JOSÉ - Nicaragua's leader, Daniel Ortega, explicitly buried any possibility of democratic alternation in the country this Sunday by stating that his regime will not allow electoral processes that threaten the control of the ruling party. 'There will be no more elections here (in Nicaragua) for them (the opposition) to try to seize the government, seize power,' he declared during a speech at a mass event commemorating the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, held in Managua. Ortega, an 80-year-old former Sandinista guerrilla, has governed Nicaragua since 2007 amid allegations of electoral fraud and eliminating opposition to avoid competition. Since 2017, he has governed alongside his wife, Rosario Murillo, who was appointed co-president in February 2025 through a constitutional reform. During the event, Ortega accused exiled opponents of wanting to win elections to enrich themselves, emphasizing, 'But they should forget it: There will be no more elections here for them to try to seize the government, seize power.' He announced plans to work with the National Assembly, which is subordinate to the presidency, 'and with the corresponding organizations to create laws that will put a wall, a block, against the coup plotters, against the traitors, and that no matter how much money the Yankees (U.S.) give them, they will not be able to.' In mid-February 2025, Nicaragua enacted a deep reform of the Political Constitution that transformed the state, eliminated the balance of powers, and granted total power to Ortega and Murillo, which has been heavily criticized by the UN, the Organization of American States (OAS), the United States, the European Parliament, and Nicaraguan opposition figures.
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