Recommendation 18 (Parties and Candidates) Nicaragua 2011
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/NI/nicaragua-final-report-general-elections-eu/at_download/file
The EU EOM considers that some of the legal requirements for creating a political party are extraordinarily complex and demanding, resulting in serious limits on the rights of association and political participation. This is particularly the case when the sanction for not complying with conditions is always so grave: nothing less than removal of the party’s legal status. The excessiveness of this sanction is particularly clear when it comes to the requirement to maintain functioning offices in all of the country’s municipalities, and the requirement for regional parties to compete in all general elections in coalition with national parties, which seriously impinges on their autonomy.
