"This is not negotiated, President Ortega" • El Nuevo Diario

MEP Ramón Jáuregui sharply criticized yesterday's crackdown by the Nicaraguan police and called on the government chaired by Daniel Ortega to hold elections to "talk to the people at the polls".

"Prohibit demonstrations, it's restricting freedom.Closing the media of communication violates the right to information.To stop peaceful protesters is a crackdown, so President Ortega is not negotiated," wrote Jáuregui on his Twitter account.

Yesterday, heavily armed police prevented a demonstration in Managua convened by UNAB to demand the release of protesters imprisoned for demonstrating against the government following the outbreak of protesters. the political crisis that the country has been experiencing since April 2018.

Videos recorded by those who tried to participate in the demonstration show that the police have luxuriously captured the violence of the people who tried to protest. They also documented the times when riot police chase people and brutally beat a man. in the parking lot of a private shopping center and public areas.

The police operation resulted in the arrest of 165 people who were released late Saturday night.

Calls to the democratic exit

For Jáuregui MEP, the final solution to the Nicaraguan crisis is to hold elections allowing the country to restore democracy, and that is what was reported in its publication.

"Europe hopes that they are in agreement on the path of freedom and democracy and that their people are going to the polls," wrote Jáuregui.

The MEP led a delegation of deputies who visited the country at the end of last January and published a report in which they conclude that serious violations of the human rights of citizens have been committed in Nicaragua.

The crisis in Nicaragua was discussed in the European Parliament and MEPs on Thursday approved a motion calling on the EU to put in place a "phased sanctions process" against the Nicaraguan government.

This phased process of sanctions would apply to the individual to officials, refusals of visas and "immobilization of badets against the Government of Nicaragua and those responsible for human rights violations".