Nicaragua: Rightwing
Parties Split
Nicaraguan rightwing
parties are currently
characterized by
division, and
contradictions on the
candidates for the
November municipal
elections mirror such
situation.
Eduardo Montealegre,
until one week ago the
leading liberal figure,
was evicted as leader of
the Liberal Alliance (ALN)
and his political future
is threatened by a
possible jail term.
The Liberal
Constitucionalist Party
(PLC) of ex President
Arnoldo Aleman is
applying pressure to
Montealegre to agree to
candidacy as Managua
mayor with them.
Montealegre may announce
Tuesday if he will run
for president backed by
a PLC-alliance, media in
Miami reported.
On the issue, Aleman
said the party is ready
to accept other choices
if Montealegre declines.
Bolsa de Noticias
tabloid declared that
Montealegre will decline
and would endorse
liberal legislator
Enrique Quinonez as
assistant mayor. |
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