“They are not going to kill the MAS, much less my candidacy”: Evo confirms march to La Paz starting on Tuesday

Former President Evo Morales confirmed this Sunday that he will march with his social sectors from the town of Caracollo to the city of La Paz starting on Tuesday, September 17, in defense of the acronym of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and its new candidacy.

The former president announced that on Monday, at 7:00 a.m., he will hold a meeting in Cochabamba “to fine-tune” the mobilization because, he said, “unfortunately, up to now, there has been no call from the Government to address the demands.”

“We said that there will be no march if by September 15 (the Government) addresses the demand that we sent to the Palace, (but) no There is (no call, so) now the march is ratified with more force“Morales said on his Sunday radio show.

The ruling party is divided between Evistas and Arcistas. In the midst of their dispute, both sides held or called for different MAS congresses, but they were observed by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and so far they cannot renew their leadership, at least officially with the respective recognition of the electoral body.

Morales insisted that the Electoral Court “must respect the Lauca Ñ congress,” the first MAS meeting convened by the former president’s sector that was rejected by the TSE.

He questioned the fact that some members of the electoral body claim that they do not act under pressure “when there is a mobilization to enforce the political instrument” and do not say anything, according to his version, when there is pressure from the Casa Grande del Pueblo (the new palace).

So, “supposedly the march would be putting pressure. Yes, we are going to put pressure, we are going to defend, it is decided, I want you to know, we are going to defend, they are not going to kill the MAS, impossible, much less Evo’s candidacy,” the former president pointed out.

On Saturday night, during a message about the forest fires, President Luis Arce said that it is not the time for “to electoralize our country by calling for marches and blockades that threaten the economy and the lives of the Bolivian people.”