Original Title: Ortega Wins Nicaragua General Election Biden: “Scam” Election
Reference News Network reported on November 9 According to a report by Agence France-Presse on November 8 in Managua, in the Nicaragua presidential election held last Sunday, the country’s long-term leader Daniel Ortega won again. US President Biden criticized the election as a “scam.”
According to the report, after 11 hours of voting under the watchful eyes of 30,000 police and soldiers, the polling station closed at 6 pm last Sunday.
The Supreme Electoral Commission of Nicaragua said that after counting about half of the votes, Ortega won 75% of the votes.
The report also said that as seven people who may challenge the presidency have all been imprisoned since June, the 75-year-old Ortega has confirmed his fourth consecutive five-year presidential term, which is also his fifth election. President. His wife, 70-year-old Vice President Rosario Murillo is his assistant.
Late last Sunday, some of Ortega’s followers took to the streets of the capital, Managua, to celebrate.
The opposition said that despite the high voter turnout announced by the government, a large number of people abstained.
US President Biden said in a statement that the results of the election had been “rigged” long before the “scam” election last Sunday.
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