14
Dec
2021
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The situation in Nicaragua (debate)
Mr President, democratic elections are very serious because, in democracy, elections are the basis of the legitimacy of the rulers and, for this legitimacy to be indisputable, elections must be free and fair. When opposition candidates are thrown in jail, parties and candidacies are invalidated, voting in a climate of persecution and disregard for human rights, these elections can be called anything but democratic; For example, farce elections, and winning farce elections, for those who come to them by controlling all the mechanisms of power, has no merit, has no merit. This is what has happened in Nicaragua and this is what will allow the Ortega-Murillo tandem to continue abusing power until there is really no national dialogue to end the repressive and authoritarian drift; As long as this does not happen, we demand the release of political prisoners and we call for a rethinking of the EU's relations with Nicaragua, and we also call for more efficient sanctions.