On Monday morning we started our day meeting with two of the three National Assembly members from the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS), Victor Hugo Tinoco and Hugo Torres. The MRS has been abolished by the current administration’s Supreme Electoral Council. As a result, the MRS party is not represented on the upcoming municipal election ballots and will not be on the national ballot in November 2011 unless the party is restored.
The MRS political agenda is to build democracy and fight poverty. To accomplish this agenda, the MRS is fighting for transparency in government and the national budget to reduce corruption and asking to articulate a real dialogue to develop a National Agreement and clear policy on supporting farms, tourism, and production and manufacturing. They believe the potential for growth is real, but corruption impeding its progress.
