Ortega Wants Simple Headquarters
Sandinista Daniel Ortega, who will be sworn into the Nicaragua presidency on January 10, will not occupy the Presidential Palace but will move government headquarters to the Olof Palme Conventions center, it was announced here.

"Daniel will not use the Presidential Palace, rather the Olof Palme will be his working headquarters and to receive delegations," announced at a press conference, Rosario Murillo, wife of Ortega and Communications Secretary of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) as a measure of austerity due to the high cost of maintaining the present governmental headquarters.

Murillo mentioned that Ortega had thought of converting the building to a nursery but, at present, there are no funds available for this project. In the meantime, it will be for ministry offices, representing more savings for the future government.

The future First Lady of Nicaragua informed that the session of the National Assembly where the new head of state will be invested will take place in the Omar Torrijos Non Aligned Plaza, next to the Parliament building.

After addressing the public, the new president will return to Omar Torrijos Plaza to receive the 16 heads of state or government and other high-ranking guests who have confirmed their assistance, Murillo explained.