The Minister of Interior and Justice, Diosdado Cabello, said his “sadness” on Monday for the results of the elections in Bolivia, where The left was out of the second presidential round After more than two decades of governments of Evo Morales (2006-2019) and President Luis Arce.
During his weekly press conference transmitted by the state Venezuelan television (VTV), Cabello said: “One gives sadness (…) that a group of colleagues who face a historical enemy are not able to agree and guarantee unity for that people, it is very sad.”
The official leader warned that the political division can bring consequences and recalled what, according to him, implies giving power to the right.
“As they don’t remember what happens when the right governs,” he said, when referring To the results of Sundaywhen Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira (center) and former president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga (right) advanced to the second electoral round, a historical fact in Bolivia.
Cabello added that “those who could not agree will be persecuted equally by those right -wing governments,” and held the “personal positions” for the leaders of the movement to socialism (more) for the “divisions” in the party.
He stressed the importance of the Chavista unit to face his political rivals: “Here in Venezuela we are united today, tomorrow we will be united, in 20 years we will be united. We recognize who is the historical enemy that we have to face and we are going to overcome.”
Paz Pereira and Quiroga advance to second electoral round in Bolivia
According to the preliminary results of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) of Bolivia, Paz Pereira, of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), he headed the vote with 32.14% of the valid votes, while Quirogacandidate for the Libre and former President (2001-2002), obtained 26.81%.
The TSE clarified that these data, extracted from the preliminary electoral results system (Sirepre) with 95.41% of the recorded minutes, are preliminary and “do not replace” the official results.
The most postulated the former Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo, after Arce decided not to seek re -election in the midst of the economic crisis that affects the country.
Morales did not participate in the elections By constitutional disposition that prevents him from running again after governing three periods and, since he did not have his own party, he promoted the null vote.
