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La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, September 28, 2024, p. 20
La Paz., The former Bolivian president, Evo Morales, is disqualified from participating as a candidate in the 2025 presidential elections, as established by the Bolivian Constitution itself, so it is not a decision of the Executive, the vice minister stated yesterday. of Communication, Gabriela Alcón.
The most important thing is respect for the decision of the Bolivian peoplesaid Alcón, pointing out that there is a Constitution that Bolivians approve and that has to be respected.
The vice minister stressed that article 168 of the Bolivian Constitution is clear in this regard, pointing out that The term of office of the president (…) is five years, and they can be re-elected or re-elected only once on a continuous basis.which leaves Morales, who has held the position on several occasions in the past, out of the race.
Alcón expressed the above after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) yesterday ratified its position regarding the fact that indefinite re-election is not allowed in Bolivia and described it as inadmissible three complaints against the Bolivian State for alleged violation of human rights.
The organization also recalled that the 2023 constitutional ruling establishes that the indefinite presidential reelection It is not a human rightas Morales maintained.
Meanwhile, the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, inaugurated his new Minister of Justice, César Siles, who replaced Iván Lima.
Considered a key member of Arce’s cabinet, Lima resigned four days after Morales demanded the resignation of the ministers, as part of the struggle he maintains with the president.
We have a challenge: that this transition on December 1st with the judicial election and that of the attorney general be done without any problems.said the new minister early yesterday morning, in contact with the local press.
Siles held the portfolio of the State Attorney General’s Office and now reaches that of Justice.
We greet Cesar Siles, new Minister of Justice and Institutional Transparency… We are very sorry for the departure of our colleague Iván Lima, we have appreciated his advice and the work he did from the Ministry of Justice that enriched the cabinetsaid Arce, in the act of possession.
