NICARAGUA: ELECTORAL COUNCIL INVALIDATES CANDIDACY OF JOSE ANTONIO ALVARADO IN DECISION SEEN AS POLITICAL.

From: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs | Date: June 28, 2001 | Copyright information

The Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE) declared Jose Antonio Alvarado ineligible to run for the vice presidency in the November elections. The ruling ended a long-running legal battle over the issue of Alvarado's nationality but brought new criticism of the CSE.

The minority Partido Conservador (PC) had selected Alvarado as presidential candidate Noel Vidaurre's running mate.

The Alvarado case followed a torturous legal path. In May 2000, the Interior Ministry c...

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