Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

U.S. says concerned by Nicaragua election ruling
Reuters via Yahoo News ^ | Oct 22, 2009 | Reuters

Posted on 10/23/2009 7:40:07 AM PDT by ETL


Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (R)
and his wife Rosario Murillo gesture during
a meeting in Managua October 20, 2009.
REUTERS/Cesar Perez/Nicaragua Presidency/Handout

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday expressed concern about a Nicaraguan court ruling that opens the way for leftist President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election in the 2011 election.

Nicaragua's Supreme Court on Monday issued a ruling that helped to clear the way for Ortega to run for another term, following a petition from him and a group of mayors last week. The country's electoral court said it would comply with the ruling.

The U.S. State Department questioned the way the court had reached its decision, and said the move threatens democratic governance.

"The ruling appears to short-circuit, through legal maneuverings, the open and transparent consideration by the Nicaraguan people of the possibility for presidential re-election," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said in a statement.

"We share the concern of many Nicaraguans that this situation is part of a larger pattern of questionable and irregular governmental actions," Kelly added.

Latin American countries are increasingly wrestling with the issue of presidential term limits as leftists such as Venezuela's self-styled socialist President Hugo Chavez seek to stay in power as long as they can win elections.

Ortega -- a left-wing former guerrilla fighter whose Sandinista rebels fought U.S.-backed government forces during a Cold War-era civil war -- first took power after Nicaragua's 1979 revolution and was formally elected president in 1984.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: communist; danielortega; johnfondakerry; johnkerry; nicaragua; ortega; sandinistas
The following banner appears above the article.

Image and video hosting by TinyPic


___________________________________________________________


___________________________________________________________

June, 1970 -- Kerry joins Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), a national veterans group that is part of the Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice. The PCPJ is a broad coalition of local and national organizations, including the Communist Party, USA, "committed to conducting demonstrations aimed at ending the war in Indochina, and poverty, racism and injustice at home." The VVAW, CCI and PCPJ all have headquarters at 156 Fifth Avenue in New York City. VVAW Executive Secretary Al Hubbard, a former Black Panther, is also on the coordinating committee of the PCPJ. Hubbard soon appoints Kerry to the VVAW's Executive Committee, bypassing the normal election process.
http://www.wintersoldier.com/index.php?topic=Timeline
___________________________________________________________

Photobucket

"Shortly after taking office in 1985, Kerry and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa went on a fact-finding trip to Nicaragua, where they met with Daniel Ortega (right) and other Sandinistas. The trip was criticized when the Sandinistas cemented ties with Moscow."

http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/062003.shtml

1 posted on 10/23/2009 7:40:09 AM PDT by ETL
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ETL
The United States on Thursday expressed concern about a Nicaraguan court ruling that opens the way for leftist President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election in the 2011 election.

However, when the Honduran Supreme Court put the kebosh to Zemlaya trying a similar stunt, the US found fault with that as well. Do ya think, guys, that you might, just might have emboldened the leftists in Nicaragua by doing that?

2 posted on 10/23/2009 7:42:31 AM PDT by dirtboy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ETL

Daniel the Molester has accomplished in Nicaragua what the Honduran Congress stopped Mel Zelaya from accomplishing there. So the “US concern” strikes me as more than a little disingenuous. And Kerry has the judgment of a gerbil.


3 posted on 10/23/2009 7:42:52 AM PDT by La Lydia
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ETL
The United States on Thursday expressed concern about a Nicaraguan court ruling that opens the way for leftist President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election in the 2011 election.

Wait a second. Aren't we the same country putting the hammer to Honduras for their courts and congress upholding their constitution against a president illegally trying to see reelection?

4 posted on 10/23/2009 7:44:25 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Soon everyone will win a Nobel Peace Prize for not being George Bush...well, except for George Bush.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dirtboy
Do ya think, guys, that you might, just might have emboldened the leftists in Nicaragua by doing that?

Yup. And now they will be surprised (but we won't) that he is taking a 180 degree opposite position since the last one didn't work out politically for him at home.

Maybe the whole leftist movement in this hemisphere will simply implode because of their unsustainable belief in 19th century economic superstitions and complete lack of integrity.

5 posted on 10/23/2009 7:48:52 AM PDT by paulycy (Predatory Pricing = Public Option = Unethical Competition .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ETL

Well gee, maybe we shouldn’t have encouraged him by harrassing Honduras over virtually the same thing.


6 posted on 10/23/2009 7:49:47 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ETL

This is exactly why Honduras put strict term limits in its constitution. This is a big time “teachable moment”.

And of course the Obama administration’s response is glaringly, ridiculously inconsistent. What a bunch of idiots.


7 posted on 10/23/2009 7:51:33 AM PDT by Yardstick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ETL

8 posted on 10/23/2009 7:51:56 AM PDT by traumer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ETL

9 posted on 10/23/2009 7:54:13 AM PDT by traumer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yardstick

Schizophrenic foreign policy.


10 posted on 10/23/2009 7:55:10 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

You know what they say about pictures and words!

Image and video hosting by TinyPic

11 posted on 10/23/2009 7:58:21 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ETL

What was the basis of the court ruling? Was it against the constitution for a president to run again? Did they have a limitation like we do on presidents not having more than two terms?


12 posted on 10/23/2009 8:01:56 AM PDT by sr4402
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sr4402
What was the basis of the court ruling? Was it against the constitution for a president to run again? Did they have a limitation like we do on presidents not having more than two terms?

Answer should be found within these Yahoo search results:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=yff35ck&p=Nicaragua+%22term+limits%22

13 posted on 10/23/2009 8:11:16 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: ETL
Ortega has called for a constitutional referendum

This from and earlier article. Thus the Supreme Court overturned their constitution. Hints of Venezuela.

14 posted on 10/23/2009 11:05:02 AM PDT by sr4402
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson