尼加拉瓜总统奥尔特加提议再延长任期一年

尼加拉瓜总统丹尼尔·奥尔特加提议将总统任期再延长一年1。这一提案作为宪法改革的组成部分，预计将在9月获得政府控制的国民议会批准1。改革方案还包括禁止被政府认定为"叛徒"或"政变策划者"的反对派成员参加选举1。

现年80岁的奥尔特加自2007年以来一直执政1。国民议会此前在2014年取消了总统任期限制，并于2024年将任期从5年延长至6年1。国民议会已批准奥尔特加将妻子罗莎里奥·穆里略任命为"共同总统"的计划1。

奥尔特加政府对政治对手进行了监禁、驱逐和剥夺公民身份等行为1。联合国人权事务主任沃尔克·特克警告称，自2021年以来政府镇压进一步加深1。2018年安全部队镇压反政府抗议时有超过300人被杀1。

Daniel Ortega, who has governed Nicaragua since 2007, has proposed extending the presidential term by an additional year as part of broader constitutional reforms 1. The 80-year-old leader's proposal is expected to receive approval from the government-controlled National Assembly in September 1.

The proposed changes extend beyond the term extension. The constitutional amendments would also prohibit opposition members deemed by the government to be "traitors" or "coup plotters" from running for office 1. Additionally, the National Assembly has already approved Ortega's plan to appoint his wife, Rosario Murillo, as "co-president" 1. These moves follow a pattern of institutional changes: the legislature eliminated presidential term limits in 2014 and extended the presidential term from five to six years in 2024 1.

Ortega's rule has become increasingly authoritarian, marked by the imprisonment, expulsion, and denationalization of political opponents 1. The UN Human Rights Office chief, Volker Turk, has warned that government repression has intensified since 2021 1. This context includes the 2018 security force crackdown on anti-government protests, which resulted in more than 300 deaths 1.