The Ley de Agentes Extranjeros, one of the normative districts approved by the Nicaraguan Parliament in support of the dissent, has advanced on the small bodies of civil society that continue to operate in the country through the Organs from 2018, when the sociopolitical crisis took place. In less than 24 hours, prominent organizations will announce the closure of their operations in response to this legislation, which seeks to impose controls and corrections on organizations that promote respect for human rights and the freedom of expression and pressure.
The first to release this juve is the ultimate official to “register as an Extraordinary Agent” from PEN Nicaragua, a group of writers, poets and periodicals who promote the freedom of speech. As far as our finances and work are concerned, humanitarian and libertarian ideals, we are conscious of the fact that this proclamation has made it impossible for us to enroll as foreign agents and the compliment of monthly requirements that do not correspond to the reality of them. Galardonada secretary Gioconda Belli, president of PEN Nicaragua.
The Ley de Agentes Extranjeros blocea the financing and international donations to the civil society, NGO defenders of human rights, periodicals and, in particular, the opposition to limit its activities of political organization. In recent weeks, the Government Ministry has issued a series of notices to register as foreign agents with penalties. At the same time, women register to inform me about my operations, even if they have been interpreted as a method of control and political espionage.
“The pretext of salvagering the sovereignty and national security that is invoked in many cases is improper, since it is secured by other laws, in the national legal market”, verklaar este viernes en Managua la Fundación Violeta Barriosue chamor which also suspends operations.
“It is a clear manipulation that persists in paralyzing the functioning of organisms that the Government considers contrary to its lineages, in obvious violation of universal human rights, the freedom of thought and dissemination, democracy and the State of Law. by Cristiana Chamorro, married to former president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro and national hero Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, assassinated by the Somoque dictatorship in 1978.
Ethics and Transparency (EyT), an electoral observation body, also registered as ‘Foreign Agent’. For its part, the Standing Committee on Human Rights (CPDH) Decide to register, but announce that each time the registration requires the new requirements required, the impossibility of finalizing the transaction.
“This is another tool designed to persevere and apply to those who oppose the designation of liability and assessment that we want to meet with arbitrations that exceed constitutional limits,” critic Ana Elisa Martínez, director of the Violet Foundation.
Although in its legislative phase the normative day by force as ‘Foreign Agents’ corresponded with international communication media, in the last few weeks the periodicals received a registration letter from the local banks.
It affects as many people as natural people. From a place of five days for the inscription, and in the case of obviar the llamado, “the competent authority will apply many”. You can apply for cancellation of the legal personality to the respective body in the case of the legal persons. All without prejudice to criminal liability for the implementation of acts that threaten the sovereign security of the nation, determined by the judicial authority ”, says Article 15 of the Normative.
The negative also applies to the authorization “to the competent authority to impede the realization of the activities and prior judicial authorization to intervene the funds and assets of the natural or legal person who is not to complete the Ley”.
The Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation and 60 other civil society organizations have filed lawsuits for unconstitutionality. Sondeverbod, the Supreme Court of Justice, controlled by Ortega. ignored the queues. “We’re taking over from the Foreign Agents, we’re renting out our Nicaraguan city, and we’ll never do that,” Cristiana Chamorro said.
Demuelen edificios confiscados de ONG
At the same time as this week’s approval, the Governor of Ortega has officially announced the NGO’s de facto confiscations and periodic cuts made by the police in December 2018, according to the position of the Ministry of Health. On the 29th of January, the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) announced that its headquarters in Managua were being demolished. Also the editor of Confidential, the publication directed by the periodical Carlos Fernando Chamorro, commenced to be dismantled with the pretext of founding a “maternal house”.
“Since 2007, when regressed to power, Daniel Ortega identified in civil society one of his most important political adversaries. However, he has always wanted to check on the NGOs, but no one has advanced as much as with the staff of Foreign Agents, ”said sociologist Elvira Cuadra. “The law criminalizes the fundamental right of organized organization and participation. It is clear that the limit is on these organizations, but not on the other side. We do not need a legal entity to operate ”.
The poet Gioconda Belli said in EL PAÍS that, although civil society has been dismantled legally, “the decision of Ortega de acabarla la fortalece”. “We will encourage the volunteer of those who are part of it, to reinvent and use all of our creativity and love to continue to walk the walls through which we will find our despised dictatorship,” said the writer. “It’s all and sundry that these days are just a must-have that are conscious of the fact that you can not sustain yourself more than you intend to apply the energy you have the inspiration that inspires your Government”, assures the poet.