Juan Jose Sunjiga, who was dismissed as head of the armed forces, was detained whereas talking to reporters outdoors the barracks, in keeping with footage proven on Bolivian tv.
They present Sunjiga being put in a police automobile.
The Prosecutor’s Workplace has charged Sunjig with terrorism and armed rebel in opposition to nationwide safety and sovereignty.
It was already reported that in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, on Wednesday afternoon, troopers have been deployed close to the buildings of state establishments.
AFP reporters from the scene reported that the tanks entered the sq. close to the presidential palace and the Congress constructing, and one of many tanks tried to hit the metallic doorways of the presidential palace to demolish
Bolivian tv mentioned that Sunjiga entered the presidential palace for a short while, however got here out later.
He then advised reporters within the sq. that “the intention of the armed forces is to restructure democracy, to make it an actual democracy, not one that’s run by the identical few folks for thirty, forty years .” He confirmed that he acknowledges the present head of state Luis Arci as a respectable president, however modifications have to be made within the authorities.
Then the troopers left the sq. and the police took management of it. The coup try lasted about 5 hours.
In a put up on the “X” platform, Ass condemned the deployment of troops to La Paz and requested for respect for democracy.
Sunjiga mentioned on tv Monday that the navy would arrest former President Evo Morales if Morales tries to run for president once more in subsequent 12 months’s elections, regardless that he must be banned from the constitutional court docket.
On Tuesday, Sunjiga was faraway from the put up of chief of the armed forces.
