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Article Excerpt
Eduardo Montealegre has overtaken Herty Lewites in recent polls to become the man most likely to succeed President Enrique Bolanos in Nicaragua's November elections (see NotiCen, 2005-08-25). Montealegre split from Bolanos' ruling Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC) to form his own coalition. The polls now show him with almost 52% of voter preference, leaving former front-runner Lewites behind with less than 45%. Both candidates far outstrip Frente Sandinista para la Liberacion Nacional (FSLN) leader and ex-President Daniel Ortega (1979-1990), who has barely 14%, and convicted ex-President Arnoldo Aleman (1997-2002), with 5%.
Ever opportunist, the PLC saw a winner in Montealegre and invited him to participate in its primaries. He declined, but a hopeful PLC spokesman, Leonel Teller, said that the Feb. 9 offer would remain open until the end of the month, in case he changed his mind. Montealegre said, however, "I'm the official candidate of the Alianza Liberal Nicaraguense Partido Conservador (ALN-PC), so it is not fitting that I participate in...
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