The first secretary of the board of directors of the Nicaraguan National Assembly, Loria Raquel Dixon, highlighted on Tuesday the importance of the regulation, which will replace the one established 25 years ago. “(The law) seeks to strengthen the electoral legal framework ensuring its alignment with the constitutional principles,” said the deputy in the plenary session of National Assembly during the explanatory statement.
Dixon said that the approval of a new Electoral Law that is in accordance with the Political Constitution of Nicaragua is necessary to preserve the coherence and supremacy of the national legal system. He added that the current law was approved in 2000, and since then, it has been the subject of eight express reforms, which is why, she said, it is essential to approve a new regulation that not only adapts to the constitutional precepts, but also guarantees the effective exercise of the power of the people.
For his part, the head of the Sandinista bench, Edwin Castro, commented that the regulation consolidates the will of the voting people in the exercise of their democracy. “It deepens the manifestation of the direct democracy of our people in the determination of the various elections that are held in Nicaragua,” he stressed, and specified that all political parties will have to put forward male and female candidates to opt for the positions of co-president and co-president of the Republic.
According to the calendar, this election must be on the first Sunday of November 2027; on that same day, 20 deputies and their alternates will be elected in the national constituency, so that the National Assembly will have 94 parliamentarians, 90 elected by popular vote, the two co-presidents of the previous year, plus the two co-presidents candidates of the party that comes in second in the elections.
Among the important changes proposed by the regulations, Castro mentioned the vice presidents, who may exist as executive vice presidents with specific positions appointed by the presidency and not by popular vote.
This Tuesday, Nicaraguan deputies approved more than 20 articles that make up the initiative of the new electoral law.
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