South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regional Council | |
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8th Regional Council | |
Type | |
Type | |
Established | 4 May 1990 |
Leadership | |
President of the Regional Council | Shaira Natasha Downs Morgan since 4 May 2019 |
Vice president of the Regional Council | |
Structure | |
Seats | 45 |
Assembly political groups | Government
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.
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]
Rank | Member | Party | Office term | Committee and leadership positions |
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- | Arturo Valdez Robleto | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Deputy |
- | Paul Gonzalez Tenorio | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Deputy |
1 | Shaira Natasha Downs Morgan | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Board of Directors |
2 | Lorenzo Quinto Gomez | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | First Vice-President |
3 | Enrique Molina Ofreciano | YATAMA | 2019 - 2024 | Second Vice-President |
4 | Judy Delcy Abraham Omier | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | First Secretary Board of Directors |
5 | Kensy Eolisa Sambola Solis | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Second Secretary Board of Directors |
6 | Tadeo Fonseca Rios | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | First Member of the Board of Directors |
7 | Betty Joan McRea Molinar | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Second Member of the Board of Directors |
8 | Ramona del Socorro Solano González | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | FSLN Bank Chief |
9 | Maria Magdalena Herrera Hernandez | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | Head of PLC Bench |
10 | Maximo Martinez Reyes | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Ethics and Discipline Commission |
11 | Yadira Esperanza Flores | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Regional Heritage Commission |
12 | Enyel Antonio Velasquez Cerda | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | Chairman of the Agrarian Affairs Commission |
13 | Cristina Morris Anisal | YATAMA | 2019 - 2024 | Chairman of the Ethnic Affairs Commission |
14 | Adan Giovanni Bojorge Espinoza | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Chairman of the Governance and Defense Commission |
15 | Effie Susana Fox Cuthbert | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Health and Social Welfare Commission |
16 | Sofia del Rosario Soza Fuentes | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Education and Communication Commission |
17 | Dennis Gregorio Cruz Pineda | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Labor Affairs Commission |
18 | Linstron James Abraham | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Community Demarcation |
19 | Oscar Wendelyn Vargas Chavarria | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Transport and Infrastructure Commission |
20 | Yesica Lorena St.clair Rámirez | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Anti-Drug Commission |
21 | Vilma Maria Zamora Guillen | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Regional Heritage Commission |
22 | Alba Argentina Vargas Mairena | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Commission on Women, Children and Adolescents |
23 | Randolph Roy Brown Brooks | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Autonomy Commission |
24 | Reynaldo Humberto Zapata Espinoza | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Sports Commission |
25 | Ruben Lopez Espinoza | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Government Coordinator |
26 | Errol Anthony Hodgson Cash | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | President of the Economic Affairs Committee |
27 | Annete Eloise Gordon Mc. Field | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
28 | Esmirna Esmeralda Calero Rodas | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
29 | Valentina Elizabeth Lopez Gónzales | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
30 | Pablo Santos Avendaño Zapata | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
31 | Jose Alejandro Garcia Guadiel | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
32 | Rosa Maria Allen Fox | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
33 | Constantine Franklin Humphreys | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
34 | Delvin Melvin Prudo Robinson | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
35 | Carmela Susanie Gonzales Humphreys | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
36 | Abel Antonio Garcia Rivas | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
37 | Jose de la Cruz Reyes Luna | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
38 | Esther Hernandez Barrera | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
39 | Carlos Manuel Reyes Valle | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
40 | Brigida del Pilar Blanco Trails | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
41 | Nicolas del Socorro Zamoran Cubas | PLC | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
42 | Nelson Jesus Garay Blandon | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
43 | Lourdes del Carmen Mejia Salon | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
44 | Jose Miguel Valdez Arias | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
45 | Rosaura Ordoñes Zamora | FSLN | 2019 - 2024 | Regional Councilor |
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