Bolivia: Evo Morales accuses Luis Arce of having a plan to “extend” himself in power

The former president of Bolivia and leader of the ruling party Movement for Socialism (ADVANCE), Evo Morales (2006-2019), the president accused this Sunday, Luis Arcehave a plan to “enlarge“in power and said he governs”through court decisions”.

The former president stated that the president has a plan to remain in power and that “offered to the magistrates of the Plurinational Constitutional Court an extension of his mandate until 2027″ to help you with your “flat”.

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The magistrates of the superior courts of Bolivia They were expected to end their term in 2023, but due to obstacles in the Senate, the judicial elections were not called, so they extended their term until a new call for these elections is made.

On his Sunday program in Kawsachun Coca RadioMorales also criticized the Congress of ADVANCE conducted by Arce’s followers, which takes place in The tallcity ​​adjacent to Peace.

“Lucho (Arce) wants to refound the party to get things right”, commented the former head of state in his speech.

On Friday, during the inauguration of the official conclave, President Arce asked MAS followers “repay“the party so that it does not remain”hands of a person”, without mentioning Morales.

Morales criticized the Arce Government and called it “the worst president of the democratic era” from the country.

The MAS congress promoted by the Government ends this Sunday. It is expected that a new board of directors will be formed and that Evo Morales stay out of the party leadership.

In turn, the bloc that supports Morales called its own congress of the ruling party for July 10 in the city of Villa Tunariat the Tropic of Cochabambathe former president’s main political and trade union stronghold.

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Arce and Morales have been apart since 2021 and last year their differences deepened due to the celebration of a national congress of the party in which, in the absence of the president and his loyal sectors, the former president was ratified as leader of the MAS and called “single candidate”for the 2025 elections.

Arce did not attend that meeting because he considered that social organizations, the party’s base, were not properly represented.

Tensions rose after the TSE decided to cancel the 2023 congress and instruct the convening of a new consensus, something on which both pro-government factions also did not agree.

Source: Elcomercio

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