The president of the state Luis Arce said that he will return to teaching once he has the transfer of command to which he is elected as president. With this, he ruled out the idea of leaving the country. Of course, he clarified that next October he must travel to Brazil, but for a medical issue.
On Thursday morning, the president summoned a press conference in which he addressed several issues. In the end, one of the journalists who intervened in the round of questions consulted whether the president would leave the country once transferred the command, to which he will be the winner of the second round.
“Why am I going from the country? Why would you have to do it? Have I stolen? Have I killed? Have I abused minors? Why would you have to do it? Here is my family, my friends, my source of income that is the university, I do not have to go anywhere, “the president replied.
Of course, he clarified that “in October (month of the country’s ballot) I have to go to Brazil, for a medical review that I do every year. And I clarify it before they tell me anything. We stay in Bolivia. ”
Waiting for the second round
The president of the State began publicly inviting the candidates who will go to the ballot on October 19. This with the purpose that both candidates Know in detail the situation that the country is going through, mainly, in economic matters.
The official calculation of the votes of the general election of Sunday, August 17 confirmed the historical ballot that will open a cycle, also unpublished, where the MAS does not appear formally and thus the political hegemony with which he ruled will be surpassed by a Variopinta Legislative Assembly.
Until last night, 98.66% of the votes nationwide had been counted and in the 22 countries where this suffrage was made. Only the calculation of isolated areas of Cochabamba remains, the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) reported that confirmed the trend, already irreversible, which gives Rodrigo Paz Pereira, of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) followed by Jorge Tuto Quiroga, of the Free Alliance, who will play the second round on October 19.
