Nicaragua approves of constitutional reforms by giving the president of the expansive powers | News about politics
Critics say that reforms are the latest that further concentrates power in the hands of Daniel Ortege and Rosario Murillo.
A series of constitutional reforms that give the reconciliation of new powers to the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega were adopted without disagreement by the legislation of the country.
Unanimous voting on Thursday launched what critics described as the authority of Orteg and his wife vice president Rosario Murillo. The reforms also make the vice president of the “co -president”.
“We have to go step by step and clearly say that the nicaragua government is a revolutionary government, even if it hurts the feelings of some people,” said head of the Nicaragua National Assembly, Gustavo Porras, earlier this month.
The move is the latest to expand the influence of an orthtege, which has been criticized for this break disagreement.
The reforms expand government impact on the media, extend the presidential term for six years and allow either the co -president to select any number of vice presidents. In the case of the death of Ortege, Murillo would also automatically become a Nicaragua president without new elections.
“In this way, we continue to comply with the guidelines of the Presidency of the Republic, Comandante Daniel Ortega and companions Rosario Murillo, in order to continue to deepen our revolution,” the National Assembly statement said on Wednesday.
Nicaragua executive power reforms have been adopted over two days.
In a report on the State of Law in Nicaragua in 2024, the Watchdog Human Rights Watch International Group said Ortega and Murillo continued intensification repressive activities.
He added that constitutional reforms would provide legal coverage for “systematic violations of human rights”, such as the recall of the citizenship of the alleged “traitor”.
Although Ortega was once a prominent member of the rebellion of an armed Sandinist against a military leader supported by the United States Anastasio Somoza, he has since closed the former compatriots critical of his policies and abuse of law.
He was first president from 1985 to 1990, before returning to the second part as president in 2007. Critics say that his second period in power is defined by growing anti -mockery tendencies and crimes against humanity.
The turning point arrived in 2018, when the protests against savings filled the violent government return reaction in which at least 355 people were killed. In the years since Ortega moved to a shutter non -governmental organizationsreligious groups and universities.
He also organized flights to deport the opposition figures and protesters closed under his administration, removing them from their citizenship They were once abroad and seized their property.
One activist, Tamara Davilsaid Al Jazeera in 2023 that she felt defiant because of the Government’s decision to revoke her citizenship after sending her to the United States.
“I don’t care if they did it. I am still a nickel woman, “Davila said. But she added that it was that without citizenship he had created logistical problems during navigating new systems abroad.” In a practical, daily life these days you need your documents for life. “
