The former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) insisted this Sunday that the primary elections be held in Boliviasince the president Luis Arce announced that a referendum would be held this year along with the judicial elections.
At a meeting of organizations and political parties, promoted by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), held at the beginning of July, it was decided to prioritize the judicial elections before the primaries, so a bill was sent to suspend the internal elections, a document that is currently in the Senate Chamber without approval.
“How the Government deceived the Supreme Electoral Tribunal… Ah, if that is the case, then we must also incorporate the primaries, it is more than justified, why are we going to eliminate the primaries? The primaries are the basis of the democracy of the parties or political movements,” he said. Morales in your program Radio Life Cocaine.
Evo Morales: “The Government deceived”
According to Moralesthe reason for suspending the primary elections was based on “economic reasons” there could not be two electoral events this year, but with the announcement of Arce on holding the referendum on the same day as the judicial elections, the Government’s “deception” is evident TSE.
“He TSE He called for this multi-party meeting, saying ‘we are prioritising the judiciary, suspending the primaries’. The majority approved… And now they say ‘the referendum must be incorporated on the day of the elections for the Judicial Branch’, he said.
During his speech on the 199th anniversary of the independence of Boliviathe president Arce He proposed a referendum to consult the population on the subsidy of the internal cost of fuel, presidential re-election and the distribution of parliamentary seats, an announcement that was criticized by the opposition and those close to him. Morales.
Morales criticizes the vice president
The former president broadcast a video on his program in which those close to him Arce and his son participate in a meeting in which they announce that the president will be in charge of the Andean country from 2025 to 2030.
Morales He said that “they are within their rights”, but it seemed “suspicious” to him that the vice president was not present at that meeting. David Choquehuanca.
“Fought (Arce) is looking for an indigenous person to be a vice-presidential candidate.David (Chokehuanca) is a useful fool?” the former president questioned.
He then stated that the vice president has been “excluded and marginalized” and that the authority has the only opportunity to “save democracy,” otherwise “he will be the worst vice president in the history of Bolivia”.
Arce y Morales They have been estranged since the end of 2021 and their differences deepened last year due to the holding of a national party congress in which, in the absence of the president and his loyal sectors, the former president was ratified as leader of the BUT and named “sole candidate” for the 2025 elections. EFE
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