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Weekly Report - 17 November 2016 (WR-16-45)
NICARAGUA: Complaints grow over elections
Saturnino Cerrato, the presidential candidate for the small opposition Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense (ALN), has denounced irregularities in the general elections staged on 6 November which produced a sweeping (72.5%) victory for President Daniel Ortega and his ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) [WR-16-44]. In keeping with other opposition candidates, Cerrato has accepted the result. However, his claims follow other concerns regarding both voting day and the electoral process which was administered by FSLN-controlled electoral authorities (CSE) and, on orders from President Ortega, in the absence of independent international observers.
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