Nicaragua

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Candidacy or Holding Office

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Article 51 states:

Citizens have the rights to elect and be elected in periodic elections and run for public office, excluding the limitations considered in this Political Constitution.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987, last amended 2014)

 

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Article 134, part 2 states:

Candidates for representative in the National Assembly shall meet the following requirements…

• (b) enjoy full civil and political rights.

 

Article 147 states:

Candidates for president or vice president of the republic shall meet the following requirements…

• (2) enjoy full civil and political rights.

 

Article 149 states:

…In addition to the established absences in this Article, these are permanent absences of the President and Vice President of the Republic [including]…

• (c) total permanent disability declared by the National Assembly, approved by two thirds of the deputies…

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987, last amended 2014)

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Article 134, part 2 states:

Candidates for representative in the National Assembly shall meet the following requirements…

• (b) enjoy full civil and political rights.

 

Article 147 states:

Candidates for president or vice president of the republic shall meet the following requirements…

• (2) enjoy full civil and political rights.

 

Article 149 states:

…In addition to the established absences in this Article, these are permanent absences of the President and Vice President of the Republic [including]…

• (c) total permanent disability declared by the National Assembly, approved by two thirds of the deputies…

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987, last amended 2014)