South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regional Council

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South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regional Council
8th Regional Council
Type
Type
Established4 May 1990
Leadership
President of the Regional Council
Shaira Natasha Downs Morgan
since 4 May 2019
Vice president of the Regional Council
Structure
Seats45
Nicaragua South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Regional Council 2019.svg
Assembly
political groups
Government
  •   FSLN (34)

Opposition parties

Elections
Assembly
voting system
Party-list proportional representation
Last
Assembly
election
2019
Next
Assembly
election
2024
Meeting place
Government House in Bluefields

The South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regional Council is the devolved legislature of the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region. It has the power to legislate on a wide variety of economic, social, and cultural issues not reserved to the central government. [1] The council has the same power as the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regional Council.

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History

Autonomy is framed in the recognition of the historical rights of indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and ethnic communities of the Caribbean Coast that were legally constituted in 1987 in the statutes of Law 28 of Autonomy. [2]

As of the approval of Law 28 in October 1987, the Autonomous Regions began a process of creation, strengthening and development of the autonomous institutions.

Its first advances occurred with the formation of the Autonomous Governments in both Regions, through five electoral processes (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2019). In this process of regional elections, three representatives are elected from fifteen different electoral districts of each of the regions, for a total of 45 Councilors, Councilors and two Regional Deputies and Deputies in each Autonomous Region.

The Communities of the Caribbean Coast are an indissoluble part of the unitary and indivisible State of Nicaragua and its inhabitants enjoy all the rights and duties that correspond to them as Nicaraguans in accordance with the Political Constitution of the Republic.

The Autonomous Regional Councils of the Caribbean Coast represent the fundamental bodies of the Autonomous institutional framework and are political and administrative structures created to guarantee multiethnic representation since the first autonomous regional elections were held in May 1990.

The legal order of the Autonomy regime of the Caribbean Coast is based on the Political Constitution, the Statute of Autonomy and its Regulations, the Law of Special Regime of Indigenous Communal Lands, as well as other secondary legislation approved in the last ten years. The Regional Councils are made up of forty-five members belonging to the different ethnic groups present in the Regions, and are elected by universal, free and direct vote by the people.

On January 10, 2007, in Nicaragua, a new Model for the well-being of the population began; the Christian, Socialist and Solidarity Model, which puts people, families and communities at the center of public action. The fundamental objective of this Model is to carry out economic, social, and political transformations with the leading role of all Nicaraguans and especially those population groups who have historically been denied their rights, such as women, young people, girls, boys and adolescents. , the elderly, the disabled and Native and Afro-descendant peoples and ethnic communities. [3]

Current list of Regional Deputies and Councilors

RankMemberPartyOffice termCommittee and leadership positions
-Arturo Valdez Robleto FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Deputy
-Paul Gonzalez Tenorio PLC 2019 - 2024Regional Deputy
1Shaira Natasha Downs Morgan FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Board of Directors
2Lorenzo Quinto Gomez FSLN 2019 - 2024First Vice-President
3Enrique Molina Ofreciano YATAMA 2019 - 2024Second Vice-President
4Judy Delcy Abraham Omier FSLN 2019 - 2024First Secretary Board of Directors
5Kensy Eolisa Sambola Solis FSLN 2019 - 2024Second Secretary Board of Directors
6Tadeo Fonseca Rios PLC 2019 - 2024First Member of the Board of Directors
7Betty Joan McRea Molinar FSLN 2019 - 2024Second Member of the Board of Directors
8Ramona del Socorro Solano González FSLN 2019 - 2024FSLN Bank Chief
9Maria Magdalena Herrera Hernandez PLC 2019 - 2024Head of PLC Bench
10Maximo Martinez Reyes FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Ethics and Discipline Commission
11Yadira Esperanza Flores PLC 2019 - 2024President of the Regional Heritage Commission
12Enyel Antonio Velasquez Cerda PLC 2019 - 2024Chairman of the Agrarian Affairs Commission
13Cristina Morris Anisal YATAMA 2019 - 2024Chairman of the Ethnic Affairs Commission
14Adan Giovanni Bojorge Espinoza FSLN 2019 - 2024Chairman of the Governance and Defense Commission
15Effie Susana Fox Cuthbert FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Health and Social Welfare Commission
16Sofia del Rosario Soza Fuentes FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Education and Communication Commission
17Dennis Gregorio Cruz Pineda FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Labor Affairs Commission
18Linstron James Abraham FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Community Demarcation
19Oscar Wendelyn Vargas Chavarria FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Transport and Infrastructure Commission
20Yesica Lorena St.clair Rámirez FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Anti-Drug Commission
21Vilma Maria Zamora Guillen FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Regional Heritage Commission
22Alba Argentina Vargas Mairena FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Commission on Women, Children and Adolescents
23Randolph Roy Brown Brooks FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Autonomy Commission
24Reynaldo Humberto Zapata Espinoza FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Sports Commission
25Ruben Lopez Espinoza FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Government Coordinator
26Errol Anthony Hodgson Cash FSLN 2019 - 2024President of the Economic Affairs Committee
27Annete Eloise Gordon Mc. Field FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
28Esmirna Esmeralda Calero Rodas PLC 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
29Valentina Elizabeth Lopez Gónzales FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
30Pablo Santos Avendaño Zapata PLC 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
31Jose Alejandro Garcia Guadiel FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
32Rosa Maria Allen Fox FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
33Constantine Franklin Humphreys FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
34Delvin Melvin Prudo Robinson FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
35Carmela Susanie Gonzales Humphreys PLC 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
36Abel Antonio Garcia Rivas FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
37Jose de la Cruz Reyes Luna FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
38Esther Hernandez Barrera FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
39Carlos Manuel Reyes Valle PLC 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
40Brigida del Pilar Blanco Trails PLC 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
41Nicolas del Socorro Zamoran Cubas PLC 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
42Nelson Jesus Garay Blandon FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
43Lourdes del Carmen Mejia Salon FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
44Jose Miguel Valdez Arias FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor
45Rosaura Ordoñes Zamora FSLN 2019 - 2024Regional Councilor

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