Nicaragua gives notice of withdrawal from Central American Parliament
Nicaragua’s government notified the Central American Parliament and Guatemala that it was denouncing the parliament’s founding treaty, claiming immediate effect. The October 3 communication asks Guatemala, the treaty depositary, to inform other member states. The notice follows an OAS resolution demanding free elections and prisoner releases; Nicaragua’s communication sets out its own decision without establishing the completion of every withdrawal procedure.
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Notice sent to Guatemala and parliament
Nicaragua’s government announced on October 3 that it was denouncing the founding treaty of the Central American Parliament, known as Parlacen, claiming immediate effect. The foreign ministry sent the communication to the parliament’s board and to Guatemala, the treaty depositary. The government asked Guatemala to relay its decision to the other member states. The announcement sets out the country’s decision to leave the regional parliamentary framework.[1], [2]
The government claims immediate effect
The ministry presented the decision as an exercise of Nicaragua’s sovereignty. Its communication targets the Constitutive Treaty of the Central American Parliament and Other Political Bodies. Immediate effect is the government’s stated position in the notice; the communication does not establish that every institutional step of withdrawal has been completed. The founding treaty was signed in Guatemala on October 2, 1987, and Parlacen began operating in 1991 as a regional forum for political representation and debate.[2]
OAS demands public freedoms and free elections
The notice followed an Organization of American States resolution calling for the restoration of public freedoms, the unconditional release of political prisoners and conditions for free, fair and inclusive elections in Nicaragua. The resolution also seeks the restoration of nationality for people stripped of it and their safe, voluntary return without reprisals. Infobae reports these demands as the diplomatic context of Nicaragua’s decision. The OAS resolution and the Parlacen withdrawal notice concern separate regional institutions.[2]
