September 11, 2024, 3:19 PM
September 11, 2024, 3:19 PM
The Chamber of Deputies will meet this Thursday to validate two loans that, together, will add up to $us 140 million, while the senators plan sanction another loan for US$223.4 million for the construction of the Hito 60 highway, but in Uyuni.
Both calls were made this Wednesday at a time when members of the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB) and those close to the government of President Luis Arce are keeping watch so that the Legislative Assembly validates all international loans.
President Luis Arce said last Sunday, in a televised message, that the Legislative Assembly is engaged in “sabotage” and an “economic blockade” because it halted the approval of loans totaling $1,076,760,000 contracted from international entities.
Arce assured that these loans are aimed at boosting public investment and, in this context, to improve the flow of dollars to the economy. In this message, the president also provided details regarding the reasons for the shortage of imported fuels.
In this context, Juan Carlos Huarachi, who has led the COB for seven years, called for a vigil in the vicinity of the Legislative Assembly. An emergency meeting was held there on Wednesday, during which it was decided to increase the pressure measure.
“It is a completely peaceful vigil that respects human rights and the Bolivian people. We have never insulted anyone like we do in the streets. We are constantly being insulted, berated and beaten,” said peasant leader Mario Seña, who is linked to the Arcist faction of the MAS.
Seña said that the vigil has to do with “the needs of the Bolivian people” and for the assembly members to “remember where they came from.”
This measure was supported by the Government’s logistics, which provided chemical toilets, drinking water and food, according to reports from opposition and pro-Evo legislators who published evidence of this support on their social media accounts.
The Cobist leaders They even announced a gradual pressure with strikes throughout the national territory until “that the objectives of the mobilization are met” which has to do with the approval of the credits.
The 60th milestone
Given this scenario, the Senate called for a session to validate the $223.4 million required for the construction of the Hito 60 international highway. The legislators from the Evista faction they asked for guarantees to hold sessions, but far from the Arcist pressure.
The resources that will be validated will be used to build a road that will connect the Chilean port of Iquique, the southwest of Potosí and the Paraguayan border; all in a straight line. The project It also takes advantage of a lower-altitude pass in the mountain range that makes the work feasible.
The project was approved last week at a session of the Planning Commission attended by leaders from that part of the country and authorities from northern Chile.
Deputies
Opposition legislators and from the Evo faction of the MAS requested that tomorrow’s session be virtual, This was to avoid violent scenes such as those involving women affiliated with the Bartolina Sisa federation and legislative officials.
The rules to be addressed There they have to do with project 449 for the Bolivian Program of Land Administration for Sustainable Rural Development, signed on May 23, 2024, with the Inter-American Development Bank – IDB, for an amount of up to $us 40 million.
The other proposal, 450/2023-2024, “approves the loan contract BOL38/2024 for the National Emergency Program for Job Creation”signed on May 10, 2024 with Fonplata for an amount of up to $us 100 million.
Deputy Oscar Balderas of the Citizen Community (CC) alliance requested the presidency of his chamber that the session be carried out through virtual means with the idea of guaranteeing the integrity of the legislators.
Deputy Deysi Choque of The MAS arcist line hopes that “there are no excuses” for not holding a session this ThursdayHe said that there are guarantees for holding sessions and that “it is the Evo supporters who are threatening to blockade.”
From Cochabamba, peasant leader Guery García said that “they have at least 20 donkeys ready to take out those who call themselves the fathers of the country.” in case the credits claimed by President Luis Arce are not validated.
Since coming to power, the Legislative Assembly approved $us 4,169 million in credits contracted from multilateral and bilateral sources.
