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Weekly Report - 22 April 2021 (WR-21-16)
NICARAGUA: New electoral reform proposal met with rejection
Electoral reform has long been a demand of Nicaragua’s political opposition, and the international community, ahead of the 7 November general elections in which President Daniel Ortega is seeking a further term. The legislative bill recently unveiled by the ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), however, would seem to have fallen short of satisfying these calls.
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