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Uruguay Expresses Concern Over Ortega's Remarks on Future Elections

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Uruguay's government expressed concern over Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's statement that elections would not be held again in his country.
  • Uruguay affirmed its position that the Nicaraguan people should exercise their right to free, pluralistic, and periodic elections.
  • Ortega's remarks came during the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, while Nicaragua's National Assembly president suggested elections could occur under a new constitutional framework.

The government of Uruguay has voiced its concern regarding statements made by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who declared that elections would not be held again in his nation. Uruguay's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Sunday, indicating that Ortega's declarations "cast doubt on the continuity of national elections in that sister country."

We reaffirm our position that the Nicaraguan people can exercise their sovereign right through free, pluralistic, and periodic elections in accordance with their constitutional norms and the principles guiding regional integration.

— Uruguay Ministry of Foreign AffairsThe ministry issued a statement expressing concern over President Ortega's remarks about future elections.

Uruguay reaffirmed its stance, stating, "We reaffirm our position that the Nicaraguan people can exercise their sovereign right through free, pluralistic, and periodic elections in accordance with their constitutional norms and the principles guiding regional integration."

Prior to the government's statement, Uruguay's opposition National Party had condemned Ortega's remarks. The party urged the government to publicly reject these "totalitarian attitudes and declarations that do not guarantee the freedom and free expression" of the Nicaraguan people. The party characterized Ortega's comments as an "open disregard for the essential principles of representative democracy and the right of the Nicaraguan people to freely choose their rulers through periodic, free, fair, transparent, and pluralistic elections."

totalitarian attitudes and declarations that do not guarantee the freedom and free expression

— National Party of UruguayThe opposition party condemned Ortega's statements and urged the government to reject them.

Ortega made his pronouncements during the commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution on July 19. He asserted that Nicaragua "will not have elections again so that they (the opposition) can try to seize the government, seize power through them." Following this, Gustavo Porras, president of Nicaragua's National Assembly, stated that elections would indeed be held, but within a new constitutional framework designed to shield them from foreign interference and "traitors to the homeland."

will not have elections again so that they (the opposition) can try to seize the government, seize power through them.

— Daniel OrtegaNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega explained his reasoning for potentially halting future elections.
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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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