Daniel Ortega’s party will claim total control of the Autonomous Regional Councils and Governments. The Urnas Abiertas observers say only 13.28% participated.
HAVANA TIMES – The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) will obtain total control of the Governments of the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, after the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) proclaimed its victory with 88.95% of the votes, in its preliminary report following the regional elections on March 3. The results come after the Government party once again annulled the competition for elections tailored to its liking, and amid persistent irregularities during voting day, including various forms of vote coercion.
Brenda Rocha, president of the CSE, read the results with 99.20% of the polling stations reporting, in which the party of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo secured total control of the Regional Councils in the North and South Caribbean with 147,762 votes.
The FSLN controls the Executive Power and other branches of the State, including an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Additionally, in 2022, it took control of municipal governments in all 153 municipalities in the country. Now, after this new “electoral farce,” it will also administer the Autonomous Regional Councils and Governments in the two Caribbean regions of Nicaragua. Thus, it completes a de facto single-party sys