Communique No. 7
Today, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, thanks to the efforts of the Apostolic Nuncio, as witness and companion and the Special Delegate of the OAS Secretary General, and given the approaching positions achieved, the negotiation process at the INCAE campus was resumed.
This afternoon the Negotiation Table received a communication from the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity in which it expresses its decision to release, within a period not exceeding ninety days, all persons arrested and detained in the context of the events that have occurred since April 18, 2018, in accordance with the country's legal system.
The Table approved the Negotiation Agenda, which will be announced to the people of Nicaragua and the International Community.
The Negotiation Table has decided to make a formal invitation to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States to resume the work on issues of electoral reforms.
The Negotiation Table also agreed to make a formal invitation to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to accompany the Table in the process of releasing all persons imprisoned or detained.
The negotiation has developed in an environment of mutual respect.
Managua, March 20, 2019
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Agenda of the Negotiations
The members of the negotiating table, committed to peace, justice, security, democracy, stability and progress in Nicaragua, have agreed on the following agenda and its general themes, in alphabetical order, to be further developed in a comprehensive manner during the negotiations:
• Strengthening of democracy and electoral reforms to carry out electoral processes.
• Strengthening of citizen rights and guarantees.
• The release, within a maximum period of 90 days, in accordance with the legal system of the country, of all persons imprisoned and detained in the context of the events that have occurred since April 18th, 2018.
• Truth, justice, reparations and non-repetition.
• Mechanisms for implementing the agreements.
• Once agreements have been reached at the negotiating table, steps will be taken at the international level in order to obtain support for their implementation. In due time, and in agreement between the parties, a call will be made to the international community to suspend sanctions and facilitate Nicaragua's right to human, economic and social development, favoring the most vulnerable sectors of the population.
Note: The parties agree to immediately and simultaneously develop the issues of releasing all prisoners and detainees, democracy and electoral reforms.
Managua, March 20th, 2019.