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(CNN Spanish) - The government of President Daniel Ortega on Monday rejected the “Report of the OAS High Level Commission on Nicaragua,” in which the multilateral organization denounces “that the actions that the Government of Nicaragua has undertaken or allowed since April 2018 they show discrepancy with the rights and guarantees protected by the 1987 Constitution and that this results in an alteration of the constitutional order that seriously affects the democratic order ”in the Central American country.
The Nicaraguan ambassador, Ruth Tapia, was blunt to say that her government "has rejected and declared absolute nullity and without any binding effect on our country, the interventionist intervention of the last OAS General Assembly." At the meeting of the Permanent Council, where the issue was aired and held in Washington, the diplomat remarked that “we reiterate the official position of the Nicaraguan government to consider the so-called OAS High Level Commission as non-existent. Therefore, something that does not exist cannot produce reports or opinions, much less recommendations or interference requirements. ”
In turn, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, once again supported the aforementioned report because "like so many previous reports, it describes a continuous pattern of political actions aimed at curtailing the rights of Nicaraguan citizens." After listing some of these actions, Almagro reiterated: "Therefore, we condemn the latest acts of repression and detention reported in Nicaragua," while detailing that for the continental body the total number of political prisoners already adds up to 155.
The Secretary General said that the best tool to overcome the current polarization and violence experienced by Nicaraguans “is to have free and transparent elections. Repression is never a sustainable mechanism for a country. ” Along these lines, Almagro anticipated that if there is dialogue between the different parties, the OAS will accompany the process because “it remains open to work in a process of political-electoral reforms for the restoration of peace and democracy” in that country.
Daniel Ortega Human Rights Luis AlmagroOEA