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Weekly Report - 16 July 2015 (WR-15-28)

NICARAGUA: Familiar concerns over electoral authorities

The recent election of a new judge to Nicaragua’s 10-member supreme electoral council (CSE) triggered protests last week which reignited concerns regarding political violence following clashes between the police and government opponents like Eduardo Montealegre, the national coordinator of the main opposition Partido Liberal Independiente (PLI). With the opposition and human rights groups slamming the police response as the latest sign of the institution’s apparent subjugation to the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega, the developments regarding the CSE come ahead of the November 2016 general elections in which Ortega is widely expected to run and secure a third consecutive victory.

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