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].