; third, that Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista party have systematically undermined the country's fragile governmental institutions . (2) According to the Organization of American States (OAS) report on the 2011 Presidential elections in Nicaragua, the OAS recommended that the Government of Nicaragua take a number of steps to improve its electoral system, including accrediting poll watchers to ensure political parties and civil society are represented to observe elections, and redesigning the structure of the Nicaraguan electoral council to allow proper registration of the electorate. (3) On January 25, 2012, a press statement from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated, As noted by international observers and Nicaraguan civil society groups, Nicaragua's recent elections were not conducted in a transparent and impartial manner, and the entire electoral process was marred by significant irregularities. The elections marked a setback to democracy in Nicaragua and undermined the ability of Nicaraguans to hold their government accountable. . (4) According to the Department of State's 2015 Fiscal Transparency Report: Nicaragua's fiscal transparency would be improved by including all off-budget revenue and expenditure in the budget, auditing state-owned enterprises, and conducting a full audit of the government's annual financial statements and making audit reports publicly available within a reasonable period of time. . (5) According to the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015 in Nicaragua: In 2011 the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) announced the re-election of President Daniel Ortega Saavedra of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in elections that international and domestic observers characterized as seriously flawed. International and domestic organizations raised concerns regarding the constitutional legitimacy of Ortega's re-election. The 2011 elections also provided the ruling party with a supermajority in the National Assembly, allowing for changes in the