Castillo sees Romero as a coup plotter and the battle breaks out

An audio record in which former minister Carlos Romero is heard announcing the broadcast of a “cursed” complaint about irregularities and corruption of the administration of President Luis Arce yesterday activated a strong crossfire controversy with the current Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo.

“I am going to destroy them and the people are going to rise upHe’s not going to put up with that,” Romero said in a private audio leaked through social media. The ex-authority affirmed that this record “was edited” before being disclosed, while Del Castillo assured that it is authentic and the expertise was carried out.

“He is not the first to discuss how to overthrow or plan a coup. These people are not interested in our country. They are not interested in building a Bolivia towards the bicentennial, the only thing that interests them is their personal appetites, the only thing that interests them is their sectorial businesses and that goes against the majority of Bolivians. False complaints, false reports, false audios will continue to appear, because we know these people,” Del Castillo told the press.

The minister in charge of the country’s internal security also launched a suggestion in the political key of the 2019 political crisis, but in the context of the struggle that exists in the MAS with a view to the 2024 primaries.

“We recommend the former president to review his relationship with Carlos Romero. He betrayed him in 2019 and we are sure that he will not hesitate to do it again ”, declared Del Castillo, who is one of the authorities most questioned by Evo Morales himself.

Romero broke out. He assured that on several occasions he met with Vice President David Choquehuanca and with Álvaro García Linera himself to warn them about the acts of corruption that he denounced, especially those related to the management of the state oil company YPFB.

Regarding Minister Del Castillo, he said that he has operators in the justice system who want to make him disappear. “How much is it worth to some media spokesman for drug traffickers, throwing garbage to protect them, throwing garbage at those who denounce them, they have even spoken with a person linked to 1008 (former anti-drug law), They have spoken to him to file a criminal complaint against Carlos Romero”, declared the former minister to Radio Compañera de La Paz.

For his part, deputy Héctor Arce (MAS) from the faction that supports Evo Morales, assured from Cochabamba that there is no intention to “shorten the term” of Luis Arce, as had been pointed out by some government authorities and advisers, in addition to Del Castillo himself. “We are going to guarantee and enforce the management of brother Lucho, who was elected for five years. We will guarantee this and enforce it. These statements are distracting to divert attention where we have a lot of weakness and our ministers know that. We are talking about the complaints of corruption, drug trafficking, the participation of family clans in the Statein addition to the delicate economic situation”, affirmed the legislator yesterday.

remembered that cases of corruption do not prescriben “and sooner or later they will respond.