September 9, 2024, 10:53 PM
September 9, 2024, 10:53 PM
The leaders Humberto Claros and Enrique Mamanithe first from the Custb and the second from the intercultural executives are the two most visible leaders who appeared in the occupation of the offices of the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB). Now, President Luis Arce has called for an investigation and punishment for those responsible.
“This constitutes an attempt at a union coup that violates union rights that must be respected in our country. We demand a rigorous investigation and sanctions for those responsible. of this reprehensible action, which cannot go unpunished,” warned the head of state in a message.
At 3:00 pm this Monday a group of 50 people They showed up at the COB offices and tried to remove the executive Juan Carlos Huarachi who was in the offices on the top floor. The leaders Claros and Mamani held a press conference and threatened to kick Huarachi out of the union headquarters.
As if it were the Zuñigazo, carried out on June 26 of this year by General Juan José Zuñiga, The leaders close to Evo Morales were there for half an hour in the offices and then left after causing trouble in the offices. Almost immediately Huarachi and his acolytes came out to denounce a ‘union coup’.
“Today our beloved Bolivian Workers’ Union, where we are all, where the majority of the Bolivian people are affiliated, has suffered an attack, an attempted union coup by fascist forces“because there is no other way to describe it when you want to take by force what cannot be won at the polls,” said Arce at an event held in Cochabamba.
The WhatsApp groups of archism spread almost immediately the photographs of the people who arrived at the offices of the union entity and accusations began to emerge against leaders and legislators close to Evo Morales.
