“In Bolivia the constitutional right to protest is misinterpreted” | “En Bolivia se malinterpreta el derecho constitucional a protestar”

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  • The jurist proposes a penalty of 10 to 15 years in prison for anyone who installs a total or partial roadblock.
THE ROUTES LINKING COCHABAMBA WITH THE WEST AND EASTERN OF THE COUNTRY REMAIN BLOCKED.

Although the right to protest is contemplated in the Political Constitution of the State (CPE), this provision is misinterpreted in the country, to block roads, which is not allowed in the Magna Carta, said constitutional lawyer, Williams Bascopé Laruta.

“The Constitution guarantees the right to protest; but there is no right to block. I am one of the drafters of this Constitution and that was not put anywhere,” he said in an interview with EL DIARIO.

“The protest can be a strike, hunger strike, sit-down strike, sit-in; but not the blocking of roads, violating the right to work, to commerce, the right to health of another person until leading to death,” he expressed.

In this regard, Bascopé Laruta proposed to the Legislative Assembly a draft bill to penalize road blockades with up to 15 years in prison, arguing that it violates the rights to free movement, health and commerce of ordinary citizens.

Bascopé presented a legislative initiative to Parliament, formally addressed to the Vice President of the State, David Choquehuanca, on Thursday, January 25.

SIXTH DAY OF BLOCKADES

As yesterday marked the sixth day of blockades in the country, the Vice Minister of Citizen Security, Roberto Ríos, reported that a 16-year-old minor had been sexually abused by a bus driver’s assistant in the town of Parotani.

THE ROUTES LINKING COCHABAMBA WITH THE WEST AND EASTERN OF THE COUNTRY REMAIN BLOCKED.
THE ROUTES LINKING COCHABAMBA WITH THE WEST AND EASTERN OF THE COUNTRY REMAIN BLOCKED.

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