1936 Nicaraguan presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Nicaragua on 9 June 1936.
On 31 May 1936 Somoza's forces attacked Managua. On 6 June President Juan Bautista Sacasa and Vice-president Rodolfo Espinosa RamÃrez resigned and Julián IrÃas (Minister of Gobernacion) was appointed acting president. On 6 June Sacasa sailed for exile in El Salvador. âJulián IrÃas' term as President was very brief. Somoza made one attempt to see him, but Irias was drunk and nothing was accomplishedâ.[1]
On 9 June the Congress unanimously accepted the resignations of the President Juan Bautista Sacasa and Vice President Rodolfo Espinosa RamÃrez and unanimously selected Somozaâs choice as Provisional President, Carlos Alberto Brenes JarquÃn. âThe Conservatives in Congress justified their vote by saying they were interested in a peaceful solution to the present crisis but that they wanted to be known as the party of opposition and reserved the right to name a candidate in the presidential electionsâ.[2]
âAll relatives of incumbent presidents were forbidden by the constitution from standing for office for a period of six months. Somoza, as the husband of ex-President Sacasaâs niece, came into this category. Somoza sorted out this problem by having the elections put back from November to Decemberâ.[3]