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Weekly Report - 16 November 2017 (WR-17-45)

NICARAGUA: OAS endorses FSLN victory

In its preliminary report on the 5 November municipal elections, the electoral observation mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) found that “weaknesses typical of all electoral processes” had “not affected substantially the popular will expressed through the vote”. This effectively endorses the victory of President Daniel Ortega’s ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), which took 135 of the 153 municipalities up for grabs, one more than in the 2012 election. The report by the EOM, whose presence was in line with an agreement signed back in February 2017 with the FSLN government aimed at assuaging democracy-related concerns, has disappointed the opposition which maintains the electoral process was rife with irregularities [WR-17-44].

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