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1 | Citizen Monitoring in Nicaragua's Municipal Elections | Fanarahan'ny Olom-pirenena Maso Ny Fifidianana Monisipaly ao Nikaragoà |
2 | Seventy-two hours before voters head to the polls in Nicaragua, the country is observing “electoral silence,” meaning that political parties cannot hold public gatherings until after the November 4 elections. | Roa ambifitopolo ora mialoha ny handehanan'ireo mpifidy any amin'ny biraom-pifidianana any Nikaragoà, miatrika “fahanginana ara-pifidianana” ny firenena, izany hoe tsy misy antoko politika afaka manao famoriam-bahoaka raha tsy vita ny fifidianana amin'ny 04 Novambra. |
3 | On that date, approximately 3.3 million Nicaraguans will head to the polls to elect mayors, vice-mayors, and council members in the 153 municipalities across the country. | Amin'izany daty izany, tokony ho 3.3 tapitrisa eo ho eo ny Nikaragoana handeha hifidy ben'ny Tanana, lefitry ny ben'ny Tanana ary mpikambana ao anatin'ny filankevitr'ireo kaominina 153 manerana ny firenena. |
4 | There have been some changes for these elections including a record number of candidates, more than 33,000, as a result of a change in the law that has increased the number of seats on municipal councils. | Nisy fiovana vitsivitsy tamin'ireto fifidianana ireto, ao anatin'izany ny fitomboan'ny isan'ny mpirotsaka ho fidiana izay mahatratra 33.000, vokatry ny fanovan-dalàna izay nampiakatra ny isan'ny seza ho an'ireo mpikambana ao anatin'ny filankevitra. |
5 | Another change in the law has also provided more opportunities for women to participate in local government requiring that 50% of the parties' candidates must be women [es]. | Manome fahafahana bebe kokoa ho an'ny vehivavy handray anjara ao amin'ny governemanta ao an-toerana ny fanovàna hafa tao amin'ny lalàna izay mitaky fa ny 50 isan-jaton'ny mpirotsaka ho fidiana dia tsy maintsy vehivavy[es]. |
6 | As has been more commonplace across the globe during an election cycle, citizens are eager to use digital technologies to play a role in monitoring and reporting the election. | Koa satria efa mahazatra eran-tany ireo teknolojia dizitaly mandritra ny fotoanan'ny fifidianana, tsy andrin'ireo olom-pirenena ny hampiasa izany hitànan'izy ireo anjara asa anatin'ny fanaraha-maso sy ny fitaterana ny fifidianana. |
7 | And in Nicaragua, a platform called “Plataforma de Observación Electoral Ciudadana Independiente” [es] (Independent Electoral Citizen Observation Platform”) is gearing up to encourage citizens to send reports via a web form, by SMS, or other social media sites, which will then be mapped using the Ushahidi platform. | Ary any Nikaragoà, misy sehatra iray antsoina hoe “Plataforma de Observación Electoral Ciudadana Independiente” [es] (Sehatra Mahaleotena Fanarahan'ny Vahoaka maso Ny Fifidianana”) miomana hamporisika ny olom-pirenena handefa tatitra amin'ny alalan'ny aterineto, hafatra fohy SMS, na ireo vohikalanà media sosialy hafa, izay ho raketina anatinà sarintany iray avy eo amin'ny alalan'ny fampiasàna ny sehatra Ushahidi. |
8 | The team behind the project will utilize Frontline SMS to receive and process the citizen reports. | Hampiasa ny SMS ‘Frontline' ny ekipa ao ambadik'io tetikasa io hahazoan'izy ireo sy hitrandrahany ny tatitr'ireo olom-pirenena. |
9 | They describe the platform [es] as “a tool for democratic empowerment of Nicarguan society.” | Nofaritan'izy ireo ho “fitaovana fanamafisana ara-demokratika ny fiarahamonina Nikaragoana” io sehatra io [es]. |
10 | The project is organized by the citizen journalism site Huella Libre [es], in conjunction with La Brújula [es], which helped with spreading the word. | Karakarain'ny vohikala fanaovan-gazetim-bahoaka Huella Libre [es] miaraka amin'ny La Brújula [es] izay nanampy nanaparitaka ny teny io tetikasa io. |
11 | The site was designed by Paulo McNally. | I Paulo McNally no nanome endrika ny vohikala. |
12 | In addition to the direct reports to the site, they are encouraging netizens to use the hashtag #YoObservo [es] (I Observe) before and during the election day. | Ho fanampin'ireo tatitra mivantana ao amin'ilay vohikala, mamporisika ireo mpampiasa aterineto hampiasa ny tenifototra #YoObservo [es] (Manara-maso Aho) aloha sy mandritra ny andro fifidianana. |
13 | One of the organizers of the project, Orlando Rizo (@orlandorizo) [es], recently spoke about the plans for the platform: | Iray amin'ireo mpikarakara io tetikasa io, Orlando Rizo (@orlandorizo) [es], no niresaka mikasika ny fandaharan'ilay sehatra: |