Foreign Policy
Dail Éireann — 2021-11-18
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Jim O'Callaghan (FF), Dublin Bay South

The Minister will be aware that on 7 November, there were elections in Nicaragua for the office of President and to the National Assembly. The official result records that Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista Front won 76% of the vote with a turnout of 65%. No independent journalistic or public policy analysis believes those results. What is the Minister's assessment of the result?

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Sitting date: 2021-11-18