Editorial, El Deber: Through a “constitutional declaration” – it was not a ruling or legal opinion – the judges of the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) decided to remain in their positions until the judicial elections promote their successors. The so-called “self-extension”, from which the senior judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the Agro-Environmental…
Tag: legislative system
Antidemocrático – Antidemocratic
Andres Gomez, Pagina Siete: Canceling the 2/3 is to segregate 45% of the country If the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) wants to leave its undemocratic past (2009-2019) and return to being a democratic party and of concertation (2020), why did it annul two thirds of the regulations of Deputies and Senators? You are likely to…
Cierra la Asamblea de los oprobios – Closes, the Assembly of reproaches
The Legislative Assembly that was installed in January 2015 closes its sessions as it developed them over almost six years: attacking democracy. With just a few hours remaining until the end of its legislative term, the MAS decided to take advantage of its two-thirds of the votes to precisely annul the requirement of two-thirds of…
Manipulación Descarada – Shameless Manipulation
Editorial, Página Siete: The joking mood of the censorship of ministers One of the biggest distortions that the Bolivian political system has had in recent months is that the MAS had maintained control over two-thirds of the Legislative. As it was not possible, from the constitutional and democratic point of view, to close the Congress,…
Destabilizing political tactic – Táctica política desestabilizadora
Editorial from El Diario: Destabilizing political tactic At this point there is no longer any doubt that the MAS – following the instructions of its boss – is developing its low intensity civil war tactic to profoundly destabilize the Transitional Government. This development increasingly adds new fronts of conflict. Now the middle and minor municipalities…
De facto legislative – Legislativo de facto
Manfredo Kempff writes in Pagina Siete: De facto legislative Once Mrs. Jeanine Añez legally assumed the Presidency of the Republic, having received command by way of constitutional succession, given the power vacuum after Morales’ flight, what should have happened was putting a padlock on the gate of the Legislative Palace. At the door of the…
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