Early Elections Seen as Savior in Nicaraguan Crisis
Despite doubts from most political forces, holding early elections seem to be a viable solution to the long-standing political crisis that wrecks Nicaragua, according to analysts.

The initiative by the leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), former president Daniel Ortega, calls to hold early general elections in November 2005 or early in 2006.

Nineteen parties and other political groups would take part in the poll that will at the same time include a referendum on the constitutional reforms recently passed by Congress.

Although the initiative clashes with doubting political forces, Ortega plans to submit it to the national dialogue that has been convened for next Wednesday at the Universidad Catolica.

Ortega called on President Enrique Bolanos to join the talks --with the FSLN and the Liberal Constitutionalist Party (PLC), with Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo as facilitator --to end the executive office isolation and poor communication and achieve understanding in Nicaragua.

The crisis sparked after the Nicaraguan Congress passed a resolution on constitutional reforms that suppress the executive powers to ratify and remove ministers and diplomats.

However, the Central American Court of Justice (CCJ) has become a poker with its decision to back Bolanos efforts to turn a domestic issue into regional issue with calls to regional governments to put pressure on the Nicaraguan legislative house at a meeting in Honduras.

Central American presidents will gather in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to debate the CCJ´s demand and see how to implement it.