Evo Morales confirms his candidacy for the 2025 elections in Bolivia and says he was “thanked”

The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales This Sunday he confirmed his candidacy for the 2025 presidential elections and highlighted that he was “forced” to make this decision, which is why he will “fight”, in the midst of the division within the party in power, the Movement for Socialism (ADVANCE).

“They convinced me that I’m going to be a candidate, they forced me, of course people want it, but they’re forcing me, both against evothe right, the government, the empire“, sustained Morais (2006-2019) on his local radio show Coca Kawsachun.

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Also leader of the ADVANCE He added that there is a campaign “dirty“against him, as the opposition calls him”drug dealer”, but the government of the president Luis Arce and the vice president David Choquehuanca They point to him as the “king of cocaine”So these situations “forced“be a candidate now”battle”.

“We will not give up and we will be in this tough democratic battle, now to build proposalsI have a meeting with businesspeople, I welcome the proposals, we must build the post-bicentenary agenda“Morales said.

The former president lamented Maplewho was his Minister of Economy during his Governmentdid not advance “nothing at all” of the agenda they carried out with 13 pillars towards the country’s bicentenary.

“We still have strength”he claimed.

Once again the former president denounced that the Arce government He has a plan to defend him “with political processes” and they even want to “delete this”Physically, so he decided to accept what his activism asks.

“Let’s face the truth, dignity and honesty all that aggression we have suffered on social media since Ministry of the Presidency“, he emphasized in a subsequent message on X (formerly Twitter).

The announcement of Morais It takes place a few days before the national congress of ADVANCEfrom October 3 to 5 in the tropics of Cochabambaone of its political strongholds, which has also been a source of dispute between the ruling party.

Allies of Arce or “Arcists“They tried to make this congress happen in the city of The talladjacent to La Paz, and that the leaders of the ruling party be renewed, starting with himself. Morais.

While the so-called “evistas”, close to Morales, have already warned that at the ADVANCE The expulsion of Maple it’s from Choquehuancawhom they describe as “traitors”.

Morales said his detractors will try to disqualify his candidacy “using a woman” like the “he did the right thing” during the 2019 crisis, when amid allegations of electoral fraud in his favor he resigned, denouncing a “coup d’etat”then the opponent Jeanine Anez He assumed the interim Presidency of the country, following the resignations of all those in the line of succession.

“We will never give up on sisters and brothers! ¡Joined let’s save our darling again Bolivia!” he pointed out.

This Saturday the summit of the ADVANCEwhich is close Moraisaccused Arce government of supposed pressure Supreme Electoral Court through some leaders to try to invalidate the party congress.

The struggles in ADVANCE They began at the end of 2022 with criticism of the Government’s management and accusations of corruption against some ministers, while several pro-government sectors separately proclaimed the candidacies of Arce and Morales for the 2025 elections.

Source: Elcomercio

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