Nicaragua has resumed dialogue to overcome the crisis and the OAS is offered as a guarantor

Nicaragua He installed Wednesday a new negotiating table to peacefully overcome the socio-political crisis that has raged since April and for which the Organization of American States (OAS) offered as a guarantor.

The table was drawn up between the government and the opposition Civic Alliance for the Justice and democracy, without the participation of the president Daniel Ortega nor his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, as was the case during a first unsuccessful dialogue attempt last May.

At this first session, the parties approved a nine-point roadmap "which is the norm for the functioning of the negotiation," said the Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua without giving further details. Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertagwho, along with Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, are witnesses of the process.

The Nuncio also announced that parties had agreed to hold a second session on Thursday, which held seven months after the suspension of a national dialogue begun in mid-May 2018.

At the beginning of Wednesday's meeting, the Apostolic Nuncio conveyed the greetings and prayers of Pope Francis to the opening of negotiations and his desire to resolve the country's socio-political crisis with responsibility and for the benefit of all.

In addition, he read a few words that the Holy father he wrote to President Ortega on May 11, 2018, in which he affirmed that "humble and sincere dialogue is a good way to promote peace and to find just and mutually supportive solutions to social and political problems" and news

For his part, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, announced that the agency could play the role of "guarantor" of the dialogue in Nicaragua, where she thinks that it is possible to reach a "Nicaraguan solution" to the crisis that left hundreds of dead and detainees.

But he said that this "Nicaraguan solution" should follow the "agenda" of the "values ​​of the inter-American system", that is to say that it must be produced with guarantees and without "political prisoners".

The Secretary General of the OAS made these remarks after his meeting in Washington with the President of the OAS European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, who for his part declared "worried" about the situation in Nicaragua.

The Permanent Council of the OAS has begun to apply the principles Inter-American Democratic Charter in Nicaragua, which could end with its suspension of the continental body.

Meanwhile, the EU has threatened to impose sanctions on the Nicaraguan authorities.

While only a few hours were needed for the start of negotiations, the authorities released 100 demonstrators "who were arrested for committing crimes against the common security and crimes against public tranquility".

The Ministry of the Interior explained that they benefited from the "benefit of family cohabitation or other precautionary measures".

When installing the trading table, the Civic Alliance He reiterated that they would demand the release of all those detained for protesting against the government and the restoration of the freedoms, rights and guarantees set out in the Political Constitution.

In addition, electoral reforms guarantee fair, free and transparent elections and justice for the victims of the violent demonstrations that began on April 18, 2018.

The government delegation, chaired by the Chancellor Denis Moncadahe did not publish his diary.

During the day, the parties will define the agenda, the methodology and badyze the proposals of those who can play the role of facilitator and guarantor.

Negotiations are held behind closed doors at the headquarters of the Central American Institute of Business Administration (INCAE), south of the capital.

Nicaragua is in a serious crisis, with 325 deaths since April, according to the report. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), although some local humanitarian groups have increased the number of casualties to 561, while the executive only recognizes 199 and denounces an attempted coup d'etat.