Bolivian congresswomen beat each other in the middle of a session of Parliament

With kicks, fists and hair pulling, parliamentarians from the ruling party and the opposition in bolivian They collided this Tuesday in a public session of Parliament, during the presentation of the report of a minister of the leftist president Luis Arce.

The Minister of Government (Interior), Edward del Castillowas summoned by Parliament to give a report on the imprisonment at the end of last December of the governor of the region of Santa Cruz (this), Luis Fernando Camachomain opposition figure in the country.

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While defending the legality of the detention, Del Castillo criticized parliamentarians from we believeCamacho’s party, and described them as “radical groups, thieves, violent who came to steal the wallet of the Bolivian people”.

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In the midst of the minister’s intervention, a group of opposition parliamentarians displayed banners with messages such as “with political prisoners there is no democracy” and another with a photo of Del Castillo and the caption “minister of terror”.

In response, a handful of pro-government parliamentarians pounced on the opponents to take away their signs amid shoving, according to images broadcast on social networks.

Between about twenty of them, a fight broke out for several minutes in which they exchanged slaps, fists and hair pulls, without leaving any serious injuries on either side.

The report was suspended for a few minutes and Maria Rene Alvarezrepresentative of Creemos, blamed Minister Del Castillo for having promoted a climate of belligerence.

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The Vice President of State and President of Congress, David Choquehuancaannounced that it will convene the political blocs to avoid a repeat of these incidents.

“Tomorrow [este miércoles] we formalize this meeting proposal”, he pointed out.

The incident marks a new episode of polarization in the Andean country, where the opposition assures that in bolivian There are about 180 political prisoners, accused by the leftist government of supporting an alleged coup against the former president. Evo Morales in 2019 and having supported its successor, the right-wing jeanine anezalso prey.

Source: Elcomercio

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