Nicaragua Denounces US
Destabilization Plan
Washington -
Nicaragua accused the US
Department of State and
OAS Secretary General
Jose Miguel Insulza of
promoting a
destabilization plan to
overthrow the Sandinista
government.
The Nicaraguan permanent
mission at the
Organization of American
States (OAS) made the
denunciation in this
capital on Thursday.
With that attitude, they
not only try to
destabilize our
government, but are also
determined to influence
and not recognize, at
all cost, our municipal
elections on November 9,
the text says.
Nicaraguan authorities
noted that in the
elections, citizens
freely expressed their
preference for the
candidates of the
Sandinista Front, which
is on the lead,
according to preliminary
results, in 91 of 146
town halls where
elections were held.
Nicaragua also accused
Washington and Insulza
of taking an interfering
stance when each of them
issued a communiqué
echoing the opposition's
distortions and lies
about the recent
elections.
The Nicaraguan
Government pointed out
that it is unacceptable
that the OAS secretary
general has joined this
destabilizing plan that
violates the principles
of the Charter that the
institutions of the
Nicaraguan State are
defending, adds the
note.
The text adds that
Insulza is trying to
ignore Article 23 of the
Inter-American
Democratic Charter,
according to which
Member States are
responsible for
organizing and
guaranteeing free and
fair elections, and they
have the sovereign right
to ask for international
observers or not.
After condemning
Washington's
interference, the
Sandinista government
warned that the OAS
secretary general is
abusing his functions by
taking a stance against
Nicaragua without a
resolution by that
regional organization. |
