The *El 19 Digital* news portal reported the participation of deputies from the National Assembly (Parliament) and members of the Special Constitutional Commission, as well as political officials from the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).

  Also participating were mayors from the respective municipalities, along with students, merchants, artists, athletes, artisans, tourism entrepreneurs, and workers, among other sectors of the population.

  Deputy Auxiliadora Martinez, chair of the Justice and Legal Affairs Commission, stated that Nicaraguans have the responsibility to discuss and approve their own laws, free from external interference.

  Blanca Lopez Rios, a tourism entrepreneur from the municipality of San Jorge, voiced her support for the reforms and recalled the hardships she said she endured during the political violence that occurred in the country.

  Meanwhile, Maria Martha Roa, a resident of the Eduardo Alvarado neighborhood in Rivas, expressed her support for national sovereignty and peace during the consultation process.

  The day before, residents of the municipalities of Tola, Belen, Buenos Aires, and Potosi—also in the department of Rivas—participated in similar gatherings and expressed their support for the reforms, which they view as linked to unity, progress, and the defense of national sovereignty.

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