July 31, 2024, 7:32 PM
July 31, 2024, 7:32 PM
In the face of growing conflict over the fuel shortage and the blockades of the heavy transportPresident Luis Arce sees that there is demagogy and opportunism in the positions of the leaders in asking him to shorten his term. For the head of state, If that is the true objective of their protest, there is no need to harm the population with blockades..
“We have seen the very demagogic and opportunistic positions on the issue of asking for the shortening of the mandate“If that was the bottom line, they don’t need to harm the population, they don’t need to put the Bolivian population in very complicated situations,” Arce told the press.
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In the last few hours, the heavy transport leadership and the Pro Santa Cruz Committee, separately, asked President Luis Arce to shorten his constitutional mandate as president of Bolivia to bring forward elections which must be carried out next year.
“President, with all due respect, consider bringing forward the elections and allow Bolivian citizens to elect a leader who solves their problems, who solves the crisis and who attends to the sectors,” said the civic leader from Santa Cruz, Fernando Larach.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the heavy transport leadership gave a Arce’s government is given 72 hours to resolve the fuel shortage crisis and if he does not comply, he warned that he will ask for the elections to be brought forward.
The press chief said that regrets the stance of transport leaders and other sectors that have made that request.
Faced with this scenario of growing conflicts due to the lack of fuel, especially diesel, which generated road and highway blockades in at least five regions of the country, Arce, yesterday Tuesday, formed an inter-ministerial committee to address this problem, seek and provide “effective solutions to the diesel problem.”
This is why on Wednesday afternoon he called the press to a conference at the monitoring center, where he received reports from the port of Arica (Chile), which indicated that Four ships loaded with diesel arrived and are ready to be unloaded. He also received reports on roadblocks and traffic jams on the country’s roads.
Arce announced that, starting this Thursday, diesel cargo will begin to be unloaded in Arica to supply the country’s domestic market and if the roads are clear for the cargo to pass, it is expected that On Saturday from noon, diesel sales will be regular.
“That is valid if and only if the roads are clear, “Because if the blockades continue, we will not be able to bring in the fuel that is required and that is demanded by the same people who are creating the blockades,” said Arce, describing the heavy transport protest as “the worst decision” to put pressure on the Government.
The president insisted on his request to the blockaders to lift the measure and allow the tanker trucks to pass. If the transporters do not unblock the road, Arce said the protest was entirely “political,” due to calls to shorten his term.
“If heavy transport does not lift its blockade and leave the roads clear, the position is clearly political and we know what they are looking for, and We know who is behind that”Arce said.
There are two types of fuel that the Government bought: diesel and gasoline, the first will enter through Arica, Chile where there are four ships with the cargo, and The second route is through Peru. Regarding gasoline, the president reported that this fuel It is imported from Argentina and Paraguay.
