Madrid [Spain], October 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union considers presenting a package of sanctions against the inner circle of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega if the elections in this country do not satisfy democratic requirements, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares stated after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.At the conference of EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which took place in Luxembourg on October 18, Spain used to adopt a brand-new plan of steps in connection with the elections in Nicaragua to be held on November 7.”We got broad support for our position to try to change the current state of affairs, which is leading us to a circumstance that we can specify as election scams. There are no minimum conditions for a democratic, totally free, transparent, competitive procedure,”Albares said after the meeting on Monday.The Spanish foreign minister included that the high-ranking representatives of the EU nations”
considered various alternatives”in order to “try to alter the scenario before November 7.”Among possible measures to sanction the regime in case the election is performed without conditions for a democratic procedure, Spain provided to introduce sanctions against the inner circle of the Nicaraguan president, according to the head of the Spanish Foreign Ministry.Since the start of June, several lots opposition political leaders and activists have been apprehended in Nicaragua on numerous charges, consisting of seven presidential prospects and the child of an ex-president of the country, Cristiana Chamorro. The presidential election in Nicaragua is arranged for November 7. The judgment Sandinista National Liberation Front has confirmed longtime President Daniel Ortega and his other half, Vice President Rosario Murillo, as governmental prospects.(ANI/Sputnik )Source