Bolivian President announces that general elections will be held again
Published on December 17, 2024 11:05AM EDT By Nancy Miller

In an effort to quell the unrest, Morales had previously released goodwill and offered immediate dialogue with opposition parties, but was rejected by former President Meza, one of the opposition leaders.

Morales, the longest-serving left-wing leader in South America, was elected the first Indian president since Bolivian independence in 2005. He was re-elected in the 2009 and 2014 presidential elections until January 2020.

In addition, the New York Times reported that after a number of police units in the main city of Bolivia had joined the demonstrations in the weekend, Mr. Morales had made a "Fragile" of the power's control, and his position had changed. On 8 November, a number of foreign media have found that, The presence of the police in the protests in a number of cities in Bolivia, and even the police's abandonment of the presidential palace on 9 September. The Government has acknowledged the emergence of mutiny in the police force, but it is not a common phenomenon, nor is it intended to use the armed forces to deal with the police.

At the end of last month, Bolivian President Morales announced his victory in the dispute, sparking continued protests and unrest in the country. International organizations have also repeatedly intervened, claiming manipulation in the election. Morales called for peace in a televised speech on the same day and said he would try to replace members of the Supreme Electoral Court and promise to re-elect to quell the escalating protest crisis in Bolivia, the New York Times reported on Nov. 10. "Bolivians will be allowed to democratically elect a new government," he said. In addition, he also told reporters that the decision was made to ease tensions. "We all have a responsibility to quell Bo. The situation in Livia. "

Previously, at the special session of the Executive Council of the OAS on 24 October, the United States, in a joint statement with Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, called on Bolivia to cooperate with OAS in order to ensure the counting of "transparent" and "to be trusted" and to hold a second round of presidential elections. The OAS will complete the audit of the Bolivian presidential election next week. Previously, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bolivia, Rodriguez, said that, in the performance of the audit function, OAS should not violate the independence and autonomy of the State sovereignty and electoral institutions of Bolivia, but he noted that the results of the audit were binding on both sides.

In recent days, police in several cities across the country launched anti-government operations. According to official statistics, three people were killed and more than 380 injured in the 20-day political and social conflict.

The Organization of American States announced a preliminary report on the 10th, suggesting that Bolivia abolish the results of the general election and re-hold the general election under the supervision of a new electoral body. Morales immediately announced that Bolivia will replace all members of the Supreme Electoral Court and reconvene the general election. But the opposition demanded that Morales resign immediately. Morales said at a news conference on the same day that the main purpose of the above measures is to ease domestic tensions and maintain national peace and stability. He said that the Bolivian legislature will soon determine with the parties the electoral procedures for the Supreme Electoral Court, and that the new general election procedures and election dates will be new to the Supreme Electoral Court. Membership determination

Previously, in the 20 October election, Morales received 47.07 per cent of the vote, leading the opposition candidate, Mesa 10.56 percentage points, to be re-elected. The opposition, however, refused to acknowledge receipt of the result and was of the view that there was a fraud. Subsequently, more than three weeks of demonstrations continued in a number of cities in Bolivia, resulting in three deaths and more than 380 injuries.

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A few hours before the relevant declaration was issued by Morales, a preliminary report was issued on the "Organization of American States" that had been involved in the matter, claiming that it was not possible to confirm that Morales had won the election on 20 October, and that the result of the elections should be declared null and void due to the prevailing "Non-compliance". In this report, OAS claims that, in the elections of 20 October, there are "obvious manipulation", such as "forge a signature" and "data manipulation", in the electoral system of Bolivia, so that they have no way to verify the outcome of the elections.

At the same time, demonstrators broke into the offices of a state television station and a radio station in La Paz and ordered more than 40 employees to leave, accusing them of serving Morales. "they claim to defend democracy, but they act like autocratic regimes," Morales said.

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