The vowel of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE)), Nancy Gutierrez, revealed that Evo Morales accepted the suspension of the primary elections with a view to the general elections of 2025.
“A news item came out (on July 10) that said ‘Evo Morales left the meeting. He didn’t give up, he was there until the end; he was sitting on this side (points to his right side) on this side (points to his left side) was Carlos Mesa, Zvonko (Matkovic), etc. He was there until the end, the document was drafted in draft and clean form and he agreed.“, Gutierrez said.
The document stated that “the attendees unanimously asked the Plurinational Legislative Assembly to approve a law to suspend the Primary Elections for the 2024 administration and to resume an analysis of its progressive implementation to promote internal democracy in political organizations.”
Representatives of the 11 political parties, the two alliances with representation in the Legislature (Creemos and Comunidad Ciudadana), the Executive and Legislative bodies and social organizations, as well as delegates from the diplomatic corps and international organizations, participated in this meeting.
Before the meeting ends, Morales left the meeting and did not sign the declaration nor was he part of the conference. press conference in which the president of the TSE, Oscar Hassenteufel, read the document.
According to vocal Gutiérrez, Morales did not sign the document due to a more procedural matter involving TSE officials.
“It’s a bit more about the movements of the officials who were making them sign, if the official went with the note already written in clean form (where Morales was), he would surely sign; I suppose, because he would come closer, he would be there and sign, but (the official) It was this way, so until I come back here, the gentleman left; mind you, I repeat, when everything was over, it’s not that he left, he agreed and that’s why we, At least for now, this spokesperson expects him to keep his word as a gentleman, like all politicians,” he said.
In compliance with the Declaration for Democracy, the TSE presented the bill to suspend the primary elections to the Legislative Assembly July 11th.
The law was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in the early hours of August 1. and sent to the Senate for review; however, as of yet no plenary session has been called to begin the legislative process.
However, on July 31, the Senate’s Plural Justice Commission, chaired by the “Evista” senator Miguel Rejas, approved a bill to hold open primaries, with the aim of enabling Morales as a presidential candidate.
