The United States stresses that the Nicaraguan elections will be “a sham”

The government of USA assured this Thursday that the Nicaraguan presidential elections in November will be a “farce”And they have lost “All credibility” for the maneuvers “Autocrats” from the president, Daniel Ortega.

This was indicated at a press conference by the State Department spokesman, Ned Price, when aiming at the prohibition to appear to the elections to the opposition leaders. “The electoral process has lost all credibility”Price said.

For the spokesperson it is “Already a foregone conclusion that Ortega will ensure that the November elections are a sham, and that he will proclaim himself victorious.”

Price noted that “Autocratic maneuvers” such as the veto of the opposition in the elections as well as the arrest of dozens of human rights activists, journalists and student leaders in recent months highlights “The fear of free and fair elections” and “The desire to stay in power at any cost” of the Nicaraguan president.

Next November 7 Nicaragua will hold presidential elections amid a wave of arrests that has imprisoned 37 opposition leaders, including presidential candidates, businessmen and journalists, for crimes such as treason and conspiracy to undermine national integrity.

In those elections Ortega, 76, will seek his third consecutive reelection, for a fourth term of five years and a second with his wife, Rosario Murillo, as vice president.

USA It has imposed several rounds of economic sanctions on senior Nicaraguan officials, including several of the president’s sons.