He former Bolivian president Evo Morales This Monday he demanded the dismissal of the Ministers of Government and Defense for the attack on his life that, according to him, was carried out by a military and police group.
On Sunday, the 65-year-old former president He reported a shooting attack in a video against the vehicle in which he was traveling in the coca-growing region of Chapare, in the center of the country.
Morales, who emerged unharmed from the attack in which his driver was injured, insisted on blaming the government of his former minister Luis Arce, with whom he is in conflict over the candidacy of the ruling left for 2025.
“If Luis Arce did not give the orders to kill us, he must immediately dismiss and prosecute his Ministers of Defense and Government, Edmundo Novillo and Eduardo Del Castillo,” said the former president on the social network X.
Always in accordance with your complaint, his vehicle was shot 14 times. The Arce government promised “an immediate and thorough investigation” to clarify Morales’ complaint “of an alleged attack on his life.” The incident raised social and political tension in Bolivia.
For two weeks now, followers of the former president, the first indigenous person to govern Bolivia between 2006 and 2019, They carry out roadblocks in the center of the country in protest against the probable arrest of Morales by order of the prosecutor’s office.
The former president is being investigated for the alleged abuse of a minor when he was in power. Morales rejects the accusation as another “lie” orchestrated by the Arce government to remove him from the presidential race. The Vice Minister of Citizen Security, Roberto Ríos, did not rule out that it was a “self-attack.”
The Command in Chief of the Armed Forces (FFAA) She denied that she was involved in the alleged attack that Morales denounced and called on her followers to “calm” after they threatened to take over the barracks.
