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On 6/19/18 8:26 AM, Michael Marking via Marxism wrote:
Oscar-René Vargas
You can read more from Vargas in the ISO newspaper, including an article
dated May 3 that stipulates:
27. The most important demands are: the formation of a provisional
government with representation of the youth, honest academics, and other
sectors of civil society (women, peasants fighting against the canal,
miners).
28. The establishment of a Truth Commission to investigate and punish
those responsible for the crimes and murders of 30 citizens, as well as
the corruption of officials.
29. Call on the honest sectors of the Army and Police to support a
Provisional Government.
30. The objective of an Interim Government would be, among other things,
to change the logic of the "plunder state" (Estado-Botín), to abolish
the current authoritarian system, to eliminate the political class's
pervasive impunity, to defend natural resources (forests, water,
biodiversity) and to fight to reduce social inequality.
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An Interim Government? What does that mean in the context of Nicaraguan
politics today? The government will almost certainly be headed by a
politician that garnered the largest vote in the last election, or a
proxy for the party that ruled Nicaragua before Ortega's election in 2007.
Unless this movement defines its political goals and challenges both
Ortega/Murillo and the Liberal Party of Aleman and Montealegre, it will
be a return to real Somoza-type policies, not the populism of the FSLN.
Even Vargas understands this:
6. Without an existing leadership that is representative and visible,
there is a fear that the social movement will move towards dispersion or
anarchy.
7. An immediate meeting of youth leaders is necessary to establish a
strategy and to lay out tactical steps to be taken.
8. It has to be noted that the social movement cannot be sustained
without a recognized leadership.
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