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Mexico City (AP) — Four months before the upcoming local elections, the Nicaraguan MTF hijacked the city halls of five local governments in the hands of the opposition.
Kitty Monterey, president of Citizens for Freedom, a political party banned by the Nicaraguan government before last year's presidential election, confirmed police occupation in San Sebastiandeyari, Elqua, Mura, and El Armendro. ..
Oscar Gadea Tinoco, Mayor of Pantasma and a member of Citizens for Freedom, also said police occupied his town on Saturday.
"All mayoral positions legally elected under the banner of citizens for freedom have been robbed by the government," Monterrey said on Twitter on Monday. rice field. She demanded that President Daniel Ortega respect the well-being of the dismissed officials and the mayor.
Citizens for Freedom won each of these city halls in the 2017 election. However, for last year's presidential election, President Daniel Ortega showed little tolerance to opponents. Authorities have detained seven major opposition forces that may have challenged Ortega for the presidential election.
Instead, Ortega has been freezing for four consecutive terms in the elections, the United States and the European Union have been dismissed as a farce, and opponents remain in custody.
The Nicaraguan government did not comment on the acquisition.
Noel Moreno, Mayor of San Sebastian Deyari in northwestern Nicaragua, said about 50 heavily armed riot police and members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Ortega entered the town hall early Monday. ..
"The seat is under the control of the riot police," Moreno said, adding that he wasn't there when the police arrived. He didn't know if the town officials remained inside or were moved.
He said that members of the town council of Sandinista had "already nominated the mayor and deputy mayor" and raised the flag of Sandinista. The acquisition seems to have been similar in other municipalities.
In Pantasma, Gadeatinoko said Sandinista's councilor Carmeno Band was appointed to replace him. The argument was that citizens for liberty were no longer recognized entities as Nicaragua's electoral authorities revoked their position last year.
After the party was canceled, Monterrey was deprived of Nicaragua's nationality and was accused of being illegally in the country. She went into exile in Costa Rica.
Of the 153 municipalities in Nicaragua, the Sandinista Front in Ortega dominates 140. Two allied parties dominate the other 13. Democratic conditions. They demanded that the well-being of local government workers be respected.
"They don't want anyone to participate in these elections," Moreno said.
In a statement, Monterrey called the acquisition "a very serious attack on the will of the people and the autonomy of local governments."
"With these actions, the administration is not interested in rehabilitating the election path, or even trying to maintain the appearance of legality in the next local elections. I'm sure, "she said.
