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Weekly Report - 21 September 2017 (WR-17-37)
NICARAGUA: OAS to ‘accompany’ municipal vote
The Organization of American States (OAS) this week confirmed that it would be sending a mission to ‘accompany’ the 5 November municipal elections. This is in line with a deal signed between the OAS and the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega earlier this year, aimed at addressing democracy-related fears which have intensified since the general elections in November 2016 (which gave Ortega a landslide victory, albeit in a highly questioned process). The announcement was met with scepticism by local opposition groups and comes as the FSLN-controlled 92-member national assembly approved changes which could make it harder to track voter turnout.
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