Daniel Ortega’s regime expelled Valdemar Stanislav Sommertag from Nicaragua

The Vatican confirmed on Saturday that Daniel Ortega’s regime had expelled Apostolic Nuncio Valdemar Stanislav Sommertag from Nicaragua..

Through a statement, the Holy See stated that “She received with surprise and pain the message that the Government of Nicaragua has decided to withdraw consent (the Agreement) to His Excellency Monsignor Valdemar Stanislav Sommertag, Apostolic Nuncio in Managua since 2018, He orders him to leave the country immediately After you are notified of this action“.

And he added: “Such a ruling is incomprehensible Since then, during his mission, His Eminence Bishop Sommertag has worked tirelessly for the good of the Church and the Nicaraguan people, especially the most vulnerable, always striving to promote good relations between the Holy See and the Nicaraguan authorities. Of particular note is his participation as a witness and companion at the national dialogue table between the government and the political opposition.In light of national reconciliation and the release of political detainees.”

memo collected by VaticanAnd he concluded: “I am convinced of this A serious and unjustified unilateral decision It does not reflect the feelings of the deeply Christian Nicaraguan people, The Holy See would like to reaffirm its full confidence in the papal representative“.

Last Monday, the Apostolic Embassy in Nicaragua reported that Valdemar Stanislav Sommertag was “absent from the countryAnd this is the Secretary, Mgr. Marcel Mbaye DioufHe remained in charge of that diplomatic mission, though It did not specify whether the absence of a religious diplomat It will be temporary or permanent.

However, the Prefect of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, Bishop of Charles Herrerahe said to Channel 10 Via local television, Pope Francis dismissed the Apostolic Ambassador from his post, which the Vatican denies today.

“There were no good relations[with the government]so Pope Francis decided that Sommertag would resign from this job.. Bishop Herrera told that TV channel that there are certain restrictions, so if there is no communication, what is the point of being in this role as a diplomat.

Neither the Apostolic Embassy nor the Episcopal Conference in Nicaragua formalized Sommertag’s resignation as head of that diplomatic mission..

Last November, days after a contentious general election, The system abolished by decree the personality of the “Dean of the Diplomatic Corps”, which since 2000 corresponds to the Apostolic Nuncio.Representative of the Holy See.

By presidential decree, Ortega amended Article 6 of the Convention regulating the protocol of the state recognized by the Nicaraguan regime as “the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Apostolic Nuncio to His Holiness, and in his absence the Ambassador who would have been accredited with greater seniority”.

Ambassador Samertag, along with former Uruguayan Defense Minister Luis Angel Rosadilla, participated as witnesses and comrades on behalf of the Vatican and the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), respectively, at the negotiating table between CEO Ortega and the opposition Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy.

On July 30, 2019, the Ortega regime closed the negotiating table that it maintained with the Civil Alliance To search for a way out of the crisis that the country has been experiencing since April 2018, despite the call of the Organization of American States, the European Union, the bishops of Nicaragua, the army and other sectors.

Ortega, who was re-elected in the November elections amid questions over legality and with his main rivals in prison, began his campaign on October 4. Nicaraguan bishops who acted as mediators labeled “terrorists” From the first national dialogue through which a peaceful solution to the crisis in the country was sought.

The Sandinista leader described them as “putschistsHe was accused of colluding with internal forces and international groups, in his opinion, working in Nicaragua to overthrow him.

Relations between the Sandinistas and the Catholic Church in Nicaragua have been characterized by friction and mistrust over the past 43 years.

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