The Movement towards Socialism (MAS) decided this Thursday to expel the outgoing president of BoliviaLuis Arce, after an “analysis” of the general elections, negative for the party, and due to complaints of alleged corruption.
In a press conference, the president of the party, Grover García, confirmed the expulsion and assured that Arce “diverted funds” from the MAS.
“We have requested with several notes that you can regularize (those deviations) and it has never been regularized until this date and it is worth informing why those contributions never reached the coffers of the MAS,” said García, as quoted by EFE.
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He also explained that “a betrayal has been seen” by Arce in the middle of the electoral process, of the general elections of August 17, against the duo of Eduardo del Castillo and Milan Berna, the congressional candidates and the MAS militants.
The expulsion is also due to the complaints of corruption that have been presented in the public administration that to date “have not been clarified”, which affects the party and “the people reproach it.”
Two days before the end of Arce’s mandate
García stated that as the ruling party, possible solutions were suggested to the president in response to the fuel shortage that the country has been suffering for months, but “they have never been able to resolve that issue.”
The MAS resolution was issued two days before Arce concludes his mandate that began in 2020 and will hand over power this Saturday to the elected president, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).
In the recent elections, held on August 17, the MAS obtained 3.17% of the votes, a result that put an end to almost 20 years of governments of that party, led until recently by former president Evo Morales (2006-2019), highlights the Spanish agency.
The MAS fragmented due to the fight between Morales and Arce for control of the party, the way of administering the Government and the official candidacy for the August elections. Added to this was the decision of the then president of the Senate, the ruling party Andrónico Rodríguez, very close to Morales, to run on his own in the elections with the Popular Alliance.
Arce was a member of the MAS and Minister of Economy during the Morales Government and ran for the presidency of the country for the party in the 2020 elections, in which he emerged winner.
