Clear intention to postpone the elections | Clara intención de postergar las elecciones

By Unitel:

“There is a clear intention to postpone the elections,” says Carlos Valverde in response to constitutional challenges

In his analysis, Valverde pointed to the government and also questioned why the Arcista bloc in the Chamber of Deputies has not advanced the package of laws to safeguard the process, despite having the majority.

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“There is no doubt this will benefit the government,” Valverde stated

In light of the announcement of new legal challenges against the general elections, journalist and political analyst Carlos Valverde noted that there is “a malicious political hand” aiming to halt the process currently in the hands of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).

“It was assumed that (the process) was already under the control of the TSE and that no one was going to interfere. It’s called the principle of preclusion. And yet, they are turning to the Constitutional Court,” Valverde noted in an interview with UNITEL.

In recent days, Arcista deputy Israel Huaytari filed a legal challenge seeking to enforce gender parity in presidential tickets, while it also emerged that other actions are in the pipeline to ensure that Indigenous peoples can participate under equal conditions with political organizations.

The most recent came from the leader of Bolivia’s Qhara Qhara nation, Samuel Flores, who announced an unconstitutionality action before the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) to demand the inclusion of the Indigenous sector, adding that starting Monday, he would begin a vigil outside the court’s offices in Sucre.

Meanwhile, the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of the Bolivian East (Cidob) also reported being unable to participate in the elections because they do not have a political party, which has led them to file a similar complaint. Former magistrate Gualberto Cusi had previously announced the same.

“There is no doubt this will benefit the government,” Valverde said, also recalling that there has been no indication that President Luis Arce signed the agreement reached during the National Meeting for Democracy, which was held in February at the TSE.

Additionally, Valverde noted that the package of laws to safeguard the elections has not been approved, even though the Arcista faction holds a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. “They did nothing, they didn’t move a single thing,” he criticized.

He further recalled that Huaytari’s challenge would not have been necessary if the parity bill, which was sent to the legislature in October 2024, had been passed.

“I believe there is a clear and very obvious intention to postpone the elections, for what reason, I don’t know—so that Arce ends up with 0% (support)? Because I don’t think his numbers will go up with what he’s doing. His loans haven’t been approved and there’s no chance of anything moving forward—this is about destroying democracy and destroying everything,” Valverde concluded.

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