Luis Arce, president of Bolivia, asked citizens to mobilize against the military uprising that began in the afternoon of this Wednesday, June 26. For his part, Evo Morales, former president of that country, accused the head of the Army, Juan José Zúñega, of orchestrating the uprising.
The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, denounced this Wednesday, June 26, “irregular mobilizations” of some units of the Bolivian Army. The president claimed that “democracy must be respected.”
«We need the Bolivian people to mobilize against this attempted coup. We cannot allow coup attempts to take Bolivian lives. “We want to invite everyone to defend democracy,” said Arce along with officials from his cabinet in a video broadcast by local media.
The former president of that country Evo Morales He followed Arce’s warning call. The former ruler asserted that “a coup d’état is brewing.” He directly accused to the head of the Army, Juan José Zúñiga, who was dismissed on Tuesday, June 25, after warning that he would not allow a new government by the leader of the Movement towards Socialism, if he was the one orchestrating the alleged uprising.
According to the complaints, the military took over the Government Palace and forced the doors of the premises with an armored car. It was reported that some informed people stationed in Murillo Square launched tear gas and pellets against citizens who shouted “I fight, you are not alone.”
The Executive is making several calls to the population to come out and reject the military coup in progress.
The Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, had an altercation with an Army colonel who, inside a military car, demonstrated against the constitutional order. He personally tried to prevent her from continuing in his action.
Zúñiga, for his part, told local media, in the afternoon of June 26, that “the mobilization of all military units” seeks to express his annoyance “at the situation in the country. Enough already. There cannot be this disloyalty,” he said from Plaza Murillo, in front of the Palacio Quemado, seat of the Executive power.
Although he stressed that he obeys Arce “for now,” he asserted that he will take measures to “change the Government Cabinet.”
Meanwhile, the former Minister of Defense of the Evo Morales governments, Reymi Ferreira, has ruled out that it is a coup d’état, in this regard he said that the military units are calm.
«I don’t think it’s a blow. It is an act of arrogance by Zúñiga. It is a danger to democracy, but it is a movement without a future and will not prosper. “It must be taken as a precedent,” he warned.
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