The MAS maneuvers in the Assembly session and manages to elect Pedro Callisaya as Ombudsman

Before the Impossibility of arranging a name for the Ombudsmanthe MAS resorted to political maneuvering to achieve the two-thirds it needed to finally appoint an ombudsman who responded to its interests.

That way at 15:50 the masista bench appointed Pedro Callisaya Aro, as the new Ombudsman, with 95 votes out of a possible 97. The CC bench was run over by the MAS deputies who formed a fence around the front of the Assembly.

The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Freddy Mamani, officiated as President of the Assemblyin the absence of Andrónico Rodríguez, who accompanies the President in Santa Cruz, and the trip of the Vice President, David Choquehuanca, to Europe.

Supported by article 76 of the Debate Regulations of the Assemblythe pro-government deputy, Juan José Jauregui proposed the modification of the agenda, “the Agenda may only be altered, by an absolute majority vote of the members present”, states the aforementioned article.