MRS and Conservatives Lose Status

Submitted by fyl on 12 June, 2008 - 07:14.

Yesterday, the Supreme Electoral Council took away the legal status of the MRS and the Conservative Party as a party. This, as you would expect, means they cannot participate in the November election and, apparently for the MRS, in the 2011 presidential election. (I say apparently because I heard this on the radio but didn't understand why the MRS was singled out.)

The MRS is saying words like "dictatorship" and "return to Somocizmo". They also say it is all the work of the "pacto". Is it really?

I don't like what I am hearing but that is my personal position. I know some Sandinistas that consider the MRS a disgrace to the ideas of Sandinismo and feel they are preventing the FSLN from doing their job.

Also, on a "world level" there are lots of two-party (and virtual one-party) states. There are also people that feel the "35% is enough to win" law is bogus (even though that tends to be way above the "could have voted" percentage in the U.S., for example) so maybe "getting rid of the competition" is better for democracy. Or ...

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A Quote from Che

Submitted by dixietraveller on 12 June, 2008 - 09:24.

As Che Guevara famously commented, "Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel!"

O quantum est in rebus inane! / A palabras necias, oídos sordos.

I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building. - Peanuts (Charles M. Schulz)

La Prensa

Submitted by snakeo2 on 12 June, 2008 - 08:26.

has an article on this issue. They are suggesting that this is an attempt by Danielito to install a dictatorship.

"La decisión del Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE) de cancelar la personalidad jurídica del Movimiento Renovador Sandinista (MRS) y del Partido Conservador —dada a conocer ayer en horas de la tarde— es vista como un paso más hacia la dictadura que pretende instalar en el país el presidente Daniel Ortega, apoyado por sus aliados en el Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, encabezado por el ex presidente y reo Arnoldo Alemán."

The article goes on to say that both the US Ambassador & European Union have both notified Danielito that aid may ceased to come into the country if this type of behaviour continues.

"Hace tres días el embajador de Estados Unidos, Paul Trivelli y la embajadora de la Unión Europea, Francesca Mosca, fueron claros al decir que el cierre de espacios democráticos pone en peligro el apoyo económico.

Más allá de esa advertencia, fuentes diplomáticas aseguraron que los donantes ya han sido claros con el Gobierno al advertirle que de seguir este comportamiento, el apoyo económico será cancelado."

Viva Leon Jodido!