尼加拉瓜总统丹尼尔·奥尔特加控制的国会宣布启动工作计划，旨在实施暂停举行选举的决定 [1]。这一举措立即遭到国际社会的强烈反对。
联合国人权高专沃尔克·图尔克呼吁尼加拉瓜当局"重新开放公民空间，恢复法治" [1]。美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥则表示"尼加拉瓜人民有权通过民主选举选择领导人" [1]。
奥尔特加自2007年以来已执政近20年 [1]。在其长期统治下，民主制度不断被侵蚀，包括暴力镇压抗议、监禁数千人和驱逐近100万尼加拉瓜人 [1]。在2021年选举前，奥尔特加政府禁止反对党，并将所有反对派总统候选人投入狱中 [1]。
根据上一年的宪法修改，总统任期已从5年延长至6年 [1]。按照原定安排，奥尔特加的任期应于下一年11月结束 [1]。
Nicaragua's congress, controlled by President Daniel Ortega, has announced a "work plan" to implement the suspension of elections [1]. The announcement has drawn strong condemnation from the United Nations and the United States [1].
Ortega has governed since 2007, consolidating power through increasingly authoritarian measures [1]. Prior to the 2021 elections, his administration banned opposition parties and imprisoned all opposition presidential candidates [1]. A constitutional amendment passed the previous year extended the presidential term from five years to six years [1], with Ortega's current term set to end in November of the following year [1].
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Nicaraguan authorities to "reopen civic space and restore the rule of law" [1]. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that "the Nicaraguan people have the right to choose their leaders through democratic elections" [1].
The move represents a continuation of Ortega's erosion of democratic institutions, marked by violent suppression of protests, imprisonment of thousands, and the displacement of nearly one million Nicaraguans [1].