MercoPress reports: Bolivia’s general election will be pushed back until October 18 as the coronavirus pandemic grips the South American nation, which is forecasted to fan tensions between the interim conservative government and the socialist party of former President Evo Morales. The head of the electoral tribunal said on Thursday that the vote would be…
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Upheaval or sedition, there is the dilemma – Convulsión o sedición, eh ahí el dilema
Alvaro Riveros writes in El Diario: Upheaval or sedition, there is the dilemma Incurring a slippage like the one that the MAS candidate for the presidency, Luis Arce Catacora, has just starred in, is more than surprising, highly suspicious, given that this political force has framed its actions to promote a social upheaval that ends,…
Legislative or campaign body? – ¿Legislativo u órgano de campaña?
Editorial from El Diario: Legislative or campaign body? The Plurinational Legislative Assembly performs the role of promoter of the MAS electoral campaign and as its best means of propaganda, using the laws for the same purpose. This position is an attack against the role of political and national balance to which the ALP is primarily…
A wantonness Legislative Assembly – Una Asamblea Legislativa desenfrenada
Marcelo Ostria writes in El Deber: A wantonness Legislative Assembly One of the first measures of the government of President Jeanine Añez was to respect national institutions; among them, the administration of justice and the continuity and extension of the term of the parliamentarians elected in previous elections. This attitude, aimed at the continuity of…
Bolivia Ombudsman 101
Max Murillo writes in Pagina Siete: Ombudsman: diagnosis of prepotency Another institution that was totally destroyed by Evo Morales was the Ombudsman’s Office. Evo Morales imposed, as in various institutions, an ignorant and folkloric character like David Tezanos Pinto, simply because he was “evista”, as said character openly manifested it. His actions let a lot…
Postpone elections – Posponer las elecciones
ABI reports via Hoybolivia.com: Civics against the September 6 elections call a national meeting to take action La Paz, Jul 17 (ABI). – The civic committees called a national meeting, for July 21, to prevent the general elections from taking place on September 6, a date they fear, may end in a massive spread of…
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