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Tuesday 01
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Diverse
Opinions
About
Reelection
in
Nicaragua
Managua
- The
proclamation
of
Daniel
Ortega
as the
Sandinista
presidential
candidate
for the
general
elections
in
November,
keeps
generating
support
in
various
sectors
of the
population,
but it
is
openly
rejected
by the
opposition.
The
President's
nomination
to head
the
government
again in
the next
five
years
was
unanimously
approved
by the
19,000
delegates
at the
4th
Extraordinary
Congress
of the
National
Sandinista
Liberation
Front (FSLN),
held
Saturday
in this
capital.
Broadcast
live by
a
television
station
in the
capital
and
several
radio
stations
belonging
to Poder
Cuidadano,
the
event
was
followed
from
their
homes by
thousands
of
families
across
the
country.
"The
spectators,
from
home,
also
endorsed
and
supported
the
presidential
candidacy
of
Daniel
Ortega
Saavedra
for the
upcoming
national
elections,"
says a
comment
on the
site
"Digital
19".
Questioned
by this
and
other
media,
respondents
have
said
that it
is the
only way
to
maintain
the
social
programs
implemented
by
government
since
2007 for
the most
vulnerable
population.
In
sectors
opposed
to the
Sandinistas,
on the
other
hand,
the
nomination
of
Ortega's
candidacy
was
again
labeled
as
illegal.
The
Catholic
hierarchy
was the
first to
attack
Ortega's
nomination,
with the
Bishop
of
Managua,
Monsignor
Silvio
Baez,
saying
the
Episcopal
Conference
is
against
it.
Many
opposition
leaders,
mainly
Arnoldo
Alemán,
Eduardo
Montealegre
and
Sandinista
dissident
Edmundo
Jarquin
Hugo
Torres,
among
others,
had the
same
opinion.
As part
of the
opposition
offensive
against
the
Sandinista
government
and the
eventual
re-election
of
Ortega,
the
conservative
newspaper
La
Prensa
today
dedicated
two full
pages to
the same
subject.
Ortega's
candidacy
was
presented
by the
Commander
of the
Revolution,
and
Deputy
Secretary
General
of the
FSNL,
Tomas
Borge,
who
highlighted
the
history
of the
Sandinista
leader
and "his
relevance,
even in
the most
difficult
circumstances,
while
remaining
at the
head of
the FSLN
".
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