Rodrigo Paz Pereira and Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga will be measured at the polls on October 19.
Rodrigo Paz Pereira and Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga.
After an intense electoral day, The authorities in Bolivia announced the preliminary results with which, for the first time in the history of this country, You will have to take a second round for citizens to decide.
The data computed with 92% of the scrutiny confirmed that The opposition senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira and former President Jorge ‘Tuto’ Quiroga, (both right -wing), will play on October 19 the final lap of the presidential ones.
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According to the Supreme Electoral Court, Paz Pereira, of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), has the majority of support with 32.2% of the votes, while Jorge Quiroga, of the Free Alliance (AL), achieved 26.9%, support.
“It is official information, but it has a preliminary character because our legislation establishes that only computation is already official and definitive information. This information will continue to accumulate to 100% in the next few hours. From this moment on, these data will be able to be accessible to all citizens who want to continue seeing the information that continues, ”said the President of the Electoral Court of Bolivia, Óscar Hassenteufel Salazar.
About what these results mean, The two candidates spoke that will measure forces in October. The first to do it was Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga.
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“I thank Bolivia that it has made it possible for the voice of those who had no voice, that we did not exist in the surveys, we would appear. There is a Bolivia to which it is not taken into account and has now been present, not to insult, not to offend. Our project is deeply Bolivian, for all, it is an open project because what we want is to build the reconciliation of the country production, we want to resume productive force, we need to stabilize, generate governance, generate a change in the economy so that the economy is of the people and not of the state, ”he said.
Minutes later it was the turn for Rodrigo Paz, who said: “Bolivian democracy won. I thank those who trusted us and those who voted for others. To those who took other real options, this must be democracy, I congratulate them, they have fulfilled their duty. In a healthy democracy all votes are counted and we have to learn to respect it, not to pursue it, do not insult it, we have to do the democracy here ahead differently. ”
The Bolivian Constitution in force since 2009 indicates that there will be ballot if none of the candidacies reaches more than 50% of the valid votes or a minimum of 40% with at least ten points of advantage over the following.
Source: Integrated information system
