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Daniel Ortega called opposition leaders "sons of bitches"
The newly elected Nicaraguan president attacked those who oppose his government, which was reached in questioned elections.
The newly elected president of Nicaragua, in elections questioned by the international community, Daniel Ortega, attacked on Monday against the 7 former opposition presidential candidates arrested for alleged "treason against the fatherland," and called them "sons of bitches of the Yankee imperialists ".
The expressions of the leader of the Nicaraguan regime were transmitted through a radio and television network, and they suggest that his authoritarianism, and also that the rejection of the international community led by the European Union and the United States has not been taken in a good way. Unidos, who not only questioned the results but also his behavior against the politicians who oppose him, whom he ordered his arrest.
During his speeches, Ortega asserted that the jailed opposition leaders should be taken to the United States, since in his opinion, their detained opponents "are not Nicaraguans."
The Sandinista leader was reelected with 75.92% of the votes, however, the abstention was 80%, and according to the Urnas Abiertas organization, the participation was 18.5%.
Although according to the government the turnout was 65%, despite the opposition seeking to boycott the elections, regime leaders said.
He asked the international community to reconsider
On Monday, the questioned president in his speech called on the international community to reflect on its position regarding the elections on Sunday, November 7, where he was elected president, and his wife Rosario Murillo as vice president.
In the case of Spain, Ortega asked the Spanish government to reconsider, while asserting that they are behaving like colonizers.
He also called the leaders of the European Union governments fascists, who in his opinion "are descendants of the Franco regime and Adolf Hitler". He also asserted that European countries have to understand that in Nicaragua "the people rule and not the governments" of that continent.
For his part, José Manuel Albares, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, classified the Nicaraguan elections as a mockery for everyone, for the people, for the international community and the European Union, for which he asserted that this "cannot be called elections ".
It also demanded the Nicaraguan regime the immediate release of the imprisoned opposition leaders, as well as the journalists, who have been accused of being traitors to the parties.
