We do not want nor need dirty campaigning! | ¡No queremos ni necesitamos campañas sucias!

By Brújula Digital

Citizens demand that the TSE take action against dirty campaigning ahead of the presidential elections, according to opinion poll

The public expressed strong support for the need for the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to take firm measures to stop the dirty war among the various political alliances that have already begun their campaigns for the presidential elections.

The public expressed strong support for the need for the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to take firm measures to stop the dirty war among the various political alliances that have already begun their campaigns for the presidential elections. This was revealed by the results of the latest opinion poll conducted by Brújula Digital on social media.

On Facebook, 100% of participants (19 votes) believed that the TSE should intervene in the mutual attacks among candidates, while on Twitter, 76.1% responded affirmatively to the question: “Do you think the TSE should take firm measures to stop the dirty war between different alliances?”, compared to 23.9% who opposed.

The first signs of dirty campaigning emerged in recent days between the Unidad alliance, which is putting forward Samuel Doria Medina and José Luis Lupo, and the Libre alliance, whose ticket includes Jorge Quiroga and Juan Pablo Velasco.

On Sunday, Libre spokesperson Tomás Monasterio publicly linked Doria Medina to alleged indirect ties to drug trafficking, following the resignation of María Karla Robledo Guardia as Unidad’s Senate candidate for Santa Cruz. Monasterio suggested that the businessman must clarify whether his campaign is being financed with drug money, pointing out that Robledo’s father, Carlos Robledo Áñez, is being held abroad for crimes related to that illegal activity.

“Mr. Doria Medina must explain whether his millionaire campaign is being financed by the Robledo clan, linked to drug trafficking,” said Monasterio, even insinuating that Robledo Guardia’s candidacy may have been a “repayment of favors.”

On Monday, the attacks continued. Libre’s candidate for single-member deputy, Alberto Astorga, accused Doria Medina of forming “the drug trafficking and corruption clan,” recalling his ties with former minister Arturo Murillo, recently released in the United States after serving a sentence for money laundering. He also criticized the presence of Wilson Santa María, former Vice Minister of Citizen Security and current campaign manager for Unidad in La Paz, whom he referred to as “Murillo’s right-hand man.”

In response to these accusations, the surveyed citizens believe the TSE should not remain on the sidelines. The demand for the electoral institution to act firmly is a call to preserve a clean, transparent electoral process based on proposals—not unfounded accusations or smear campaigns.

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