March 16, 2023, 10:52 PM
March 16, 2023, 10:52 PM
The president of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), Edwin Rojas, he had a bad time this thursday night when leaving his office and trying to go up Ayacucho street, right where people line up to buy dollars at the financial institution. The bank executive had to answer the journalist’s questions enduring the whining of the peopleand.
“What is being done is attend now until 9 at night, which is the schedule that we have proposed, so the queue is forming and then they are going to attend to you”, said the president of the BCB to the Xtotv network, who managed to approach him when leaving his office.
For two weeks the country has been going through a crisis that prevents getting dollars in financial institutions and given the great demand, the Government decided to sell the US currency directly, which caused endless lines of citizens trying to buy dollars.
The BCB is a high security building that stands two blocks from Plaza Murillo, its authorities can leave or enter their vehicles and they do not need to walk out; However, Rojas chose to leave on foot, but was surprised by the network journalist and barely began to talk. the people recognized him and began to whistle.
Rojas tried short answers to the questions and tried to conclude the interview, but the questions continued. People began to complain about the delays that they have for the purchase of dollars and that inconvenience was derived as a question.
“Attention is not fast due to administrative procedures that we have indicated, since amounts greater than 5,000 dollars, by regulations of the FIU (Financial Investigations Unit), require a due diligence process, as the procedure is called ”, he justified.
In the end, Rojas managed to get out of the interview and was driven by his security team towards Potosí street to disappear into the night.