A fragmented Assembly must elect the Prosecutor in October and renew directives

October, the month of political tremors in Bolivia and where social discontent emerges, presents two major tasks that parliamentarians must complete before beginning their last term, and these are the election of a new State Attorney General, and the renewal of their chamber directives.

And the big question that not even the assembly members themselves know how to answer is, how will they do it?, since the three political groups that make it up, like never before in their contemporary history, fragmented into at least nine blocks and even a “bank” emerged. of dissidents” led by a municipal mayor.

And it is the MAS itself that began in 2020 as a “monolithic block” has three groups: the evistas, arcistas and “independents”, and even subdivisions among the arcistas block where the imposing voice of deputy Jerges Mercado does not please everyone. and there are several candidates to preside over the Lower House.

And it is the Evista and Citizen Community (CC) parliamentarians themselves who confirm what is said in whispers in the hallways of the Legislative building.

“There are several candidates (arcistas) opposed to each other, that is clear. That is why arcismo is going to have a very difficult task in the face of a new legislature,” said deputy Enrique Urquidi of Comunidad Ciudadana, agreeing with his evista colleague Renán Cabezas.

And it is an “open secret” in the Legislature that Mercado, who said a few weeks ago that he is not behind the charges, but rather that the charges are behind him, has several antibodies in the ranks of the ruling party.

However, this fragmentation forces parliamentarians from all blocs to seek consensus and rapprochement with everyone, what in previous governments they knew as “agreed democracy.”

“We are going to seek agreements with the opposition and with the same Arcist colleagues,” Cabezas told EL DEBER, but that approach will be once the Evistas form their plan for the board.

The same thing happens with the opposition groups of CC and Creo, which separately announced to this medium that in the coming days they will meet to elect their representatives for the chamber directives.

But the main point of interest is in the Senate where for four years the monopoly of a single legislator was imposed: Andrónico Rodríguez, from the radical side of the MAS and a trusted man of Evo Morales.

Will it be Andrónico’s last administration? It is the big question that the actors refuse to answer before the media and it is known that an Arcist senator from La Paz aspires to be his successor.

In addition to the chamber directives, the Assembly has three weeks to elect the new Attorney General. The challenge for parliamentarians is to achieve the thirds to appoint the new authority.

“We are going to ask President David Choquehuanca to hold a session by time and matter until we obtain two-thirds to elect the new Attorney General,” Cabezas said.

According to the schedule, this Monday the seventh task begins with the evaluation of the merits of the 42 qualified applicants. However, it is expected that between October 18 and 23, the plenary session of the Legislature will elect and install the new authority.

Senator Henry Montero of Creo hopes that in this election, those responsible will not make a scam to help pass the exams.

In this scenario, those most disqualified by Urquidi, Cabezas and Montero are the “dissidents” who formed the “Manfredista bench.” For their colleagues, they are synonymous with “perks”, they see that whoever “gives them more” will have their vote either for the chamber directives or to elect a new prosecutor. “These deputies have prostituted politics. The TSE must sanction them.”