Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: Strong, solid, autonomous and decentralized I will agree on the idea of the vice president about the regions/departments prefering a ‘strong’ and ‘solid’ State; I think, actually, that’s the aspiration of any citizen who sees that the homeland is the victim of roads, mines take overs, parks occupation, destruction…
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Judicial elections’ official results, finally!
finally! Los Tiempos reports: The final results confirmed that for this judicial elections, the null and blank votes reached 60 percent, compared to 40 percent of the valid votes. [so those pre-selected candidates by current government will take office. Is that going to be legal? yes, legitimate? no] The President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal…
Where are the Bolivian 2011 Judicial election’s results?
It is way over the deadline that the Bolivian electoral office offered, back on October 16, 2011 when the questioned Judiciary elections took place. Such election was highly questioned by citizens who did not actually elect but chose out of a list of pre-selected candidates by current political party in government. El Diario’s cartoon (Oct…
Bolivian Judicial elections update as of Oct 23, 2011
This cartoon is from El Diario, October 22, 2011; a person says “He as a lawyer is not so bad…! Maybe as magistrate will be better…!” Follow some excerpts from main Bolivian newspapers on the subject: Opinion: Reports today: null votes are a warning to all politicians. No one should declare victory against current government,…
Bolivian high $$ cost of Judicial “elections”
After the storm, things begin to settle in the political arena, however current Bolivian government is facing now criticism over legality and legitimacy of the elections of Sunday, October 16, 2011. For one, there is public opinion questioning whether or not the “pre-selected” candidates by this government who appear to be the most voted, should reject…
Judicial “election” perceptions from Bolivian citizens
This cartoon from El Dia illustrates how most people felt about yesterday’s Judicial “election.” Now, the electoral office is saying that the results could be made available by October 24th, last night hey said October 29th. It’s worth remembering that current Bolivian President estimated a 70% of votes in favor of the electoral process (valid…
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