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124(68) Only six political parties took part in the municipal elections of November 5,
2000: the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), the Constitutionalist Liberal
Party (PLC), the Nicaraguan Christian Road (NCC), the Conservative Party (PC), the
South Atlantic Indigenous Multiethnic Party (PIM) and the Coastal Unity Movement
Party (PAMUC).118 The candidates who won the elections belonged to the traditional
parties.119 The political parties, PLC, FSLN and PC obtained 94, 52 and 5 mayoralties,
respectively.120 The only coastal political organizations that took part in the municipal
elections of November 2000 were the Indigenous Multiethnic Party (PIM) in the RAAS,
Second Report. The Carter Center Mission to Evaluate Electoral Conditions in Nicaragua, November 1-8,
2000 (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendixes 19 and 20, folios 649, 656 and 715);
newspaper Articles published in “El Nuevo Diario” entitled “Fraude Consumado” of July 19, 2000, “YATAMA
afuera” of October 27, 2000, “YATAMA preocupa a la OEA” of October 28, 2000, and “Policía cree que puede
controlar a los YATAMA” of October 31, 2000 (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 22,
folios 773, 796, 798 and 802); and request for annulment of the elections in the RAAN filed on November 8,
2000, before the Supreme Electoral Council by the Sandinista National Liberation Front Party (PFSLN), the
Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC), the Coastal Unity Movement Party (PAMUC), the Indigenous Multiethnic
Party (PIM), the Nicaraguan Christian Way Party (CCN) and the Nicaraguan Conservative Party (PCN) (file of
appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 22, folio 846).
117
Cf. sworn written statement by Centuriano Knight Andrews made before notary public (affidavit) on
February 14, 2005 (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folio 895); Second
Report. The Carter Center Mission to Evaluate Electoral Conditions in Nicaragua, November 1-8, 2000 (file of
appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 20, folio 715); newspaper Articles published in “El Nuevo
Diario” entitled “YATAMA afuera” on October 27, 2000, “YATAMA preocupa a la OEA” on October 28, 2000,
and “Policía cree que puede controlar a los YATAMA” on October 31, 2000 (file of appendixes to the
application, tome II, appendix 22, folios 796, 798 and 802); and request for annulment of the elections in
the RAAN filed on November 8, 2000, before the Supreme Electoral Council by the Sandinista National
Liberation Front Party (PFSLN), the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC), the Coastal Unity Movement Party
(PAMUC), the Indigenous Multiethnic Party (PIM), the Nicaraguan Christian Way Party (CCN) and the
Nicaraguan Conservative Party (PCN) of November 8, 2000 (file of appendixes to the application, tome II,
appendix 22, folio 846).
118
Cf. Desarrollo humano en la Costa Caribe de Nicaragua [Human Development in the Caribbean
Coast of Nicaragua]. Report prepared by the Programa Nacional de Asesoría para la Formulación de Políticas
with the support of the Consejo Nacional de Planificación Económica Social (CONPES) (file of appendixes to
the application, tome II, appendix 7, folio 513); Electoral Observation in Nicaragua: 2000 Municipal
Elections/Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, Americas Series, No. 27, General Secretariat of the
Organization of American States (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 19, folio 649); and
newspaper Article entitled “Fraude Consumado”, published in “El Nuevo Diario” on July 19, 2000 (file of
appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 22, folio 773).
119
Cf. Second Report. The Carter Center Mission to Evaluate Electoral Conditions in Nicaragua,
November 1-8, 2000 (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 20, folio 715); Newspaper
Articles published in “El Nuevo Diario” entitled “YATAMA afuera” on October 27, 2000, “YATAMA preocupa a
la OEA” on October 28, 2000, and “Policía cree que puede controlar a los YATAMA” on October 31, 2000 (file
of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 22, folios 796, 798 and 802); and request for annulment
of the elections in the RAAN filed on November 8, 2000, before the Supreme Electoral Council by the
Sandinista National Liberation Front Party (PFSLN), the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC), the Coastal
Unity Movement Party (PAMUC), the Indigenous Multiethnic Party (PIM), the Nicaraguan Christian Way Party
(CCN) and the Nicaraguan Conservative Party (PCN) of November 8, 2000 (file of appendixes to the
application, tome II, appendix 22, folio 846).
120
Cf. Desarrollo humano en la Costa Caribe de Nicaragua [Human Development in the Caribbean
Coast of Nicaragua]. Report prepared by the Programa Nacional de Asesoría para la Formulación de Políticas
with the support of the Consejo Nacional de Planificación Económica Social (CONPES) (file of appendixes to
the application, tome II, appendix 7, folio 513); Electoral Observation in Nicaragua: 2000 Municipal
Elections/Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, Americas Series, No. 27, General Secretariat of the
Organization of American States (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 19, folios 649); and
newspaper Article entitled “Fraude Consumado”, published in “El Nuevo Diario” on July 19, 2000 (file of
appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 22, folio 773).
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