Gobierno de Reconciliación y Unidad Nacional
Unida Nicaragua Triunfa
PRESS RELEASE
The Nicaragua State informs our People and the International Community :
1. That on the Session held this year on March 27, 2019, with the Delegations attending the Negotiation Table, the Release of Persons involved in the violent actions of April 2018 was agreed, according to conciliated lists.
2. That these conciliated lists were delivered and reviewed with the Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Nicaragua.
3. That the Apostolic Nuncio, Monsignor Waldemar Stanilaw Sommertag, Representative of His Holiness Pope Francis in Nicaragua and Mr. Luis Ángel Rosadilla, Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the OAS, were witnesses of the agreed upon Consensus related to the Lists that were handed over to the ICRC.
4. That on Saturday June 8, the National Assembly discussed and approved the Law of Amnesty that allowed the release of all of these Persons on Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 of this Month of June, with the Commitment to Non Repetition.
5. That the Witnesses Luis Ángel Rosadilla and Monsignor Andrea Piccioni, in re-presentation of H.E. The Nuncio, as well as the delegates of the ICRC, participated, accompanying and verifying, as Observers of the release process, according to the conciliated lists. The ICRC on Monday 10, and all delegates on Tuesday 11.
6. That as we arrive to the date agreed by the Nicaragua State and the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity, all those Persons have been released, with the Commitment to Non-Repetition, as stipulated in the Law of Amnesty, Law No. 996.
7. The Nicaragua State and the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity have fulfilled the Commitment Convened with our People and the International Community, as explained in this Note.
Managua, June 18, 2019
Government of Reconciliation
and National Unity