Thousands of Sandinistas
Mobilize in Managua
Managua - Thousands of
Sandinistas -followers
of the National
Sandinista Liberation
Front (FSLN)- were
mobilized Tuesday from
all Nicaragua to the
capital, to demand,
together with their
fellowmen in Managua,
the proclamation of
winners in the municipal
elections, which they
said to have won
according to preliminary
data.
The FSLN followers are
deployed from early
hours all around the
capital, and in front of
the Electoral Supreme
Council (CSE)
headquarters.
Although there have been
no disturbances, the
concentration takes
place a few hours before
the opposition starts a
protest march against
the electoral results,
from a central area of
the capital.
According to the
completed provisional
vote counting Tuesday by
CSE, FSLN won 106
governorships, included
Managua, while the
Liberal
Constitutionalist Party
(PLC) triumphed in 36
municipalities, and the
minority Nicaraguan
Liberal Alliance in
four.
The results, however,
are ignored by PLC that
demands a revision on
the scrutiny records in
the 11, 808 voting
boards of the whole
country, based on
supposed irregularities
and fraud accusations.
PLC also demands that
the recount is made in
the presence of
international and
national observers, and
it specifically named
the Carter Center, the
Organization of American
States, and two
well-known local
organizations known by
their criticism to the
CSE.
The negative of the
opposition to accept the
defeat has derived in
violent confrontations
in several cities of the
country, but mainly in
Managua, where the
Sandinistas are already
celebrating for the
victory of their
candidate, former
professional boxer
Alexis Argüello, days
ago.
The opposition march in
the capital was convoked
by PLC losing candidate,
banker Eduardo
Montealegre, and some
managerial sectors and
of the civil society.
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