Ortega: The People Rule
Nicaragua
President Daniel Ortega
officially installed the
so-called People's Power
Councils (CPC) as the
highest authority in
Nicaragua, asserting
that his Government will
abide by what these
popular organizations
decide.
"Full sovereignty relies
on the people, not in
the President,
ministers, deputies,
mayors or
councilpersons, because
it is the people who
have the final say on
the system they want,"
said Ortega, who led the
mass gathering marking
the installation of the
national CPC Cabinet at
the Revolution Square on
Saturday, when he also
received credentials of
ambassadors of France,
Colombia, Guinea, Canada
and South Africa.
In his closing speech,
Ortega stressed that the
"councils" are not
partisan institutions,
as claimed by opponents
of the governing
Sandinista National
Liberation Front.
The doors of the CPC are
open to all citizens,
said Ortega, who added
that these organizations
are a point for all
Nicaraguans to meet and
exercise true direct
democracy. |
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