Imprisoned Bolivian governor says that the ruling party lives “its final moment”

The governor of the region bolivian from Santa Cruz, the opposition member Luis Fernando Camacho, said this Saturday that the government’s Movement for Socialism (MAS) is in “its final moment” and called for a “national struggle” against the ruling party since its confinement in a jail in La Paz.

camacho He wrote a letter in prison that was read by one of his sons at a meeting of his party, Creemos, in a coliseum in the city of Santa Cruz, capital of the region of the same name.

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“The MAS and the masismo are living their final moment. They no longer have a country project. They themselves report serious crimes, corruption and living with drug trafficking “points to the note.

The governor considered that “the only way” What does the ruling party have? “to fight” to the opponents is “persecuting us and putting us in jail”.

“But the more violent they are, the less legitimacy they will have. That is the path of dictatorships, filling prisons with prisoners before coming to an end”, manifested.

A woman struggles with police during a demonstration called by the Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University (UAGRM) demanding the release of Santa Cruz Governor Luis Fernando Camacho in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. (RODRIGO URZAGASTI / AFP /)

To camachofrom the mobilizations of 2019 against a denounced electoral fraud in favor of the then president Evo Morales, his department, the most populous and economic engine of the country, assumed “historical responsibility” of being “bastion of the struggle for democracy”.

The opponent urged his supporters to make efforts to “seek bridges with all the democratic sectors of the country to confront” the MAS.

He also asked the officials of the Santa Cruz Governorate to be on “alert” because, in his opinion, the ruling party wants to consolidate a “coup” that began with his arrest, which he again described as “kidnapping”.

“I tell my people from Santa Cruz, you elected me as governor and you decide whether or not I should continue as governor”indicated, alluding to the warnings from the National Executive of judicial processes if it does not assume the functions of camacho the regional lieutenant governor, Mario Aguilera.

The opponent insisted that the country is at a “critical moment” due to internal conflicts in the MAS and a supposed “economic crisis” that the Government of Luis Arce is not reporting.

“Our fight must be national because ultimately it is about saving Bolivia from the corrupt MAS dictatorship”concludes the letter.

The reading of the note was preceded by speeches by other Creemos leaders who expressed their support for camacho.

The opponent was arrested on December 28 and preventively imprisoned in a maximum security prison in the highlands of La Paz as part of a process for the “coup d’état I” case related to the 2019 political crisis.

A woman struggles with police during a demonstration called by the Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University (UAGRM) demanding the release of Santa Cruz Governor Luis Fernando Camacho in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. (RODRIGO URZAGASTI / AFP /)

The ruling party points out that in 2019 there was a “coup” against Evo Morales and the opposition maintains that the protests that led to his resignation were due to fraud in his favor in the annulled elections of that year.

In the face of protests in Santa Cruz after the arrest of the governor, pro-government sectors declared themselves in an “emergency” and warned that they will not allow “another coup d’état”, in addition to ensuring that there is no “political persecution”, but that “justice” is sought for the events of 2019.

Source: Elcomercio