The Ortega regime ordered the house arrest of Bérénice Quezada, one of the opposition candidates for the vice-presidency

The adversary Citizens for Freedom Alliance (CxL) denounced this Wednesday the arrest and disqualification of his candidate for the vice-presidency of Nicaragua, the former beauty queen Berenice Quezada, in the midst of a wave of arrests three months before the elections in which Daniel Ortega is seeking re-election.

Quezada “was notified at her home by the judicial authorities and the public prosecutor, accompanied by the police, who from that moment remained in home detention, without access to telephone communication, with immigration restrictions and prevented from standing in popular elections ”, declared the Alliance CxL in a press release.

The 27-year-old, who was Miss Nicaragua 2017 and whose candidacy was officially registered last Monday, “He is currently at home in police custody”added grouping.

For the time being the Nicaraguan authorities have neither confirmed nor denied this allegation.

The Sandinistas had asked for his disqualification

On the eve, a group of citizens who identify themselves as The “victims and relatives of the 2018 terrorist coup” ordered to disqualify Quezada’s candidacy, for alleged apology of crime and incitement to hatred, before the Government Office for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH).

According to the complaint, reported by official media, Former beauty queen incited hatred after her alliance registered her presidential and vice-presidential candidates, deputies before the National Assembly and before the Central American Parliament (Parlacen).

Quezada told reporters that “In Nicaragua, the (electoral) conditions have never been” and “The conditions are set by the people. And how do you put them? Go out to vote ”.

He also made a called to vote on November 7 to show that Nicaragua does not want “more dictatorships”, alluding to the regime of Daniel Ortega.

Además dijo que, a su juicio, los nicaragüenses de finieron políticamente tras la revuelta popular que estalló in April of 2018 por unas controvertidas reformas a la seguridad social y que luego se convirtieron en una exigencia de renuncia del presidente Ortega, debido a que respondió con strength.

“From 2018 to here, Nicaragua drew a line, everyone decided where they wanted to be”, Indian.

The dictatorship calls the riots – which have killed at least 328 people, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), as an attempted coup.

32 arrests in two months

Quezada becomes the first officially registered candidate for a post elected by universal suffrage to be arrested by the authorities, that since the end of May, they have 32 people arrested, between them seven opposition presidential candidates, while two others left the country to avoid getting caught.

As part of the electoral process, Nicaraguan authorities arrested opposition presidential candidates Cristiana Chamorro, Arturo Cruz, Félix Maradiaga, Juan Sebastián Chamorro, Miguel Mora, Medardo Mairena Yes Christmas Vidaurre, who are under investigation for suspected treason.

The national police, led by Francisco Díaz, a brother-in-law of Ortega, also apprehended a former foreign minister, two former vice-chancellors, two historic former dissidents of the Sandinista guerrilla, a business leader, a banker , a former first lady and five opposition leaders.

In addition, two student leaders, two peasant leaders, a lawyer and human rights defender, a political scientist and specialist in political and electoral systems, a journalist, a commentator, two former NGO employees and a driver of Cristiana Chamorro.

Two other candidates for the presidency of the opposition, Maria Asuncion Moreno and the former head of the “Contra” Luis Fley, They left Nicaragua arguing for security reasons.

The Sandinista Daniel Ortega, returned to power in 2007, will run for his fifth term, fourth in a row, and second with his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo.

These elections will be decisive for Ortega, since 42 years of almost absolute domination of Nicaraguan politics will be played out.

(With information from EFE)

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