MAS sets a political trap for the new government | El MAS tiende una trampa política al nuevo gobierno

By La Hora Pico, Eju.tv:

MAS revives the two-thirds rule in the Chamber of Deputies: an exit shield and an early trap for the incoming government

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According to Coca, reinstating the two-thirds rule is part of a political strategy with an electoral goal aimed at the upcoming subnational elections. “MAS wants people to say, ‘We miss them,’ as some ministers have already expressed. They are also preparing a narrative to reposition themselves,” he stated.

Santa Cruz – Political analyst Paúl Antonio Coca argued that the decision by the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), whether from the Evo or Arce factions, to restore the two-thirds rule in the Chamber of Deputies’ regulations responds to a political strategy designed to hinder the incoming government’s management and maintain control over legislative decisions.

Coca compared this move to the so-called “scorched earth policy,” used in wartime to destroy everything before retreating, preventing the adversary from taking advantage of available resources. “There’s a saying that goes, ‘If we have to leave everything in terrible condition for the newcomers, so be it.’ In other words, destroy everything so that when the new ones arrive, there’s nothing left for them to use. That’s the spirit of what they’ve done in these past hours,” he explained in an interview on the radio program La Hora Pico on eju.tv, hosted by Belén Mendivil, Jorge Robles, and Ernesto Justiniano.

According to the analyst, MAS did not amend the regulations at the beginning of the legislative term because it did not foresee losing power. “They didn’t do it in November of last year because MAS thought it would continue governing. But upon realizing they are no longer in power, they’re using what little they have left to change the rules of the game,” he stated.

Coca warned that restoring the two-thirds rule will hinder legislative agreements and consensus, as every important decision will require a qualified majority, limiting the new authorities’ ability to govern. “Since no one has two-thirds, we’ll see how they manage,” he said ironically.

In this context, he noted that this political maneuver also serves an electoral purpose, aimed at the upcoming subnational elections. “MAS wants people to say, ‘We miss them,’ as some ministers have already said. They’re also building a new narrative to reposition themselves: that this wasn’t the real ‘process of change,’ that there were deviations… That’s the new story they’re constructing,” he explained.

by Yola Layme

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