Women’s network denounces presidential candidates for violating the rights of women
Tzeitel Allen, MANAGUA, Nicaragua, November 2, 2006
Zoila América Narváez, who has brought action against her stepfather Daniel Ortega, in the Inter Taxi Heathrow Airport American Court of Human Rights, said in the office of the network that, even though the violators are blessed by the religious hierarchies, they have not been forgiven by God. “I call on the women to open their eyes and break their silence in defense of their rights; that they take a good look at the candidates, to find a proven upright and ethical life of public service,” Narváez said.
Juana Jiménez, accompanied by Zoila América Narváez Murillo and Francis Eliet Bustos Ortez, read in a press conference, a statement in which they denounced that the three parties, with election interests and in alliance with the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church, came to an agreement on October 6 to penalize therapeutic abortion, with the support of a right wing Evangelical sector.
It is to be remembered that on October 26, the Nicaraguan National Assembly approved the abolishment of Article 165 of the Penal Code, which during 130 years had established the right to a therapeutic abortion, when the woman’s life is in danger.
The report also denounces PLC candidates for representative, Enrique Quiñónez, because of his verbal assaults, and representative in office, Wilfredo Navarro, who offended and slandered feminist women and representatives of international institutions, such as Eva Zetteman, the Swedish ambassador.
According to the document, “These actions make it evident to us, that to remain silent would be an acceptance of the institutionalizing of violence against women, in both the public and private spheres. It would legalize sexual abuse as a highest expression of power and the subjection of human dignity. It would be the institutionalizing of impunity and corruption.”
Jiménez assured that the network had received complaints of violation of the rights of women against other candidate, but that it had encountered obstacles when it had attempted to gather information in the courts. “For that reason, today we are only presenting two publicly known cases, such as that of Zoila América Narváez Murillo, who presented a claim in a court in Managua in 1998 against her stepfather, Daniel Ortega Saavedra, whom she accused of having abused her since she was 11 years old, events that have still gone unpunished,” the women stated.
Francis Eliet Bustos Ortez, former wife of candidate for representative, Salvador Talavera, accused him of having subjected her to different brutal acts of psychological, physical, sexual, and patrimonial violence, during the time they lived together as a married couple. Talavera is a candidate for the Liberal Alliance, and is now a part of the Nicaragua Triumphs union of which Ortega is presidential candidate.
Supporting those candidates will continue the violence against women and sexual abuse, said Busto Ortez, who disclosed that she has been receiving threats since 2005. In turn, Zoila Narváez said that Ortega has not had the courage in 9 years to face the claim against him in the justice courts. She emphasized that what Ortega is proclaiming in his campaign is a fallacy, because reconciliation without truth and justice, is not reconciliation.
"That campaign of reconciliation and peace is a mask to hide his crime,” Narváez added. Both Ortez and Narváez challenged anyone who intended to show that they have received money to make such public statements.
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