Did Andrónico have meetings with the Áñez government during the 2019 crisis?

In the middle of his media fight, The former ministers Roxana Lizarraga and Arturo Murillo They agreed that the current president of the Senate, Andronicus Rodriguezheld meetings, during the post-election crisis of 2019, with the then government of Jeanine Áñez.

Last Wednesday, Erbol radio published an interview with the former Minister of Communication, who, among other controversial versions, said that Rodriguez He agreed to meet her at a hotel from Sucre Street (in La Paz), but did not want the presence of Jeanine Áñez or Murillo.

According to his version, Rodriguez told him that there was pressure to take up arms, although many did not want blood to flow so that the country would be pacified.

He even assured that Rodriguez agreed to have another meeting with the then Minister of the Presidency, Jerjes Justiniano. The meeting supposedly took place in Cochabamba, but amid insults due to the unanticipated presence of Murillo.

Former Minister Murillo, in his response to Lizárraga’s statements through his account on X, also said Yes, there were meetings with Rodriguez. and even considered it to be “an important piece in the negotiations” for the pacification of the country.

“Andronicus spoke to me on several occasions. He will surely deny it, but he did.. What’s more, we paid for his tickets on BoA to go to La Paz, he was picked up and protected because he was very scared, and we wanted to stop the conflicts. He was an important piece in the negotiations. It was not easy because he is from Evo’s school and knows how to camouflage himself very well,” said Murillo.

However, on Wednesday, the same day that Lizárraga’s interview was published, he held a press conference to reaffirm his support for former President Evo Morales.