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  • Bolivia Elections. Evo Morales would not need a second round to be president

The supposed electoral triumph of Evo Morales , which at this time is not officially confirmed, has caused an authentic earthquake in Bolivia , as if the Andean country wanted to also be infected by the wave of protests and violence that runs through the subcontinent. The opposition denounced a "scandalous fraud" and called for disobedience and "democratic action" , after ignoring the provisional results of Sunday's general elections.

The electoral "blackout" during the recount seems like a déjà-vu of so many others already lived on the continent. Without warning and as surprisingly as he fell silent on Sunday night, the official rapid counting system rose 24 hours later to give the big surprise: Evo Morales (46.86%) would overcome the 10% difference barrier against the opponent Carlos Mesa (36.73%) when only 5% remains to be scrutinized. Immediately questioned result, which would grant the indigenous leader his fourth final mandate without the need to go to the second round.

Electoral headquarters fires, street protests and altercations with followers of the Socialism Movement (MAS) multiplied in several departments. In Santa Cruz , the richest region in the country, a national strike has been called for today. In Potosí, the rebels burned the premises of the local Electoral Court after overcoming the police barrier. In Pando they invaded the facilities and in Oruro they destroyed the local headquarters of the MAS.

The "vandalism" caused the Supreme Electoral Court to suspend the count in four of the nine departments. "With this gigantic fraud they try to rob us of the right to the second round, where the chances of winning are very high," opposition candidate Carlos Mesa told CNN. "The government, with its decision to circumvent the will of the people, is solely responsible for the violence that threatens Bolivia," added the leader of the Citizen Community in its social networks, who showed his solidarity with Waldo Albarracín , university rector and member of the National Committee for the Defense of Democracy, "brutally attacked by mass violence (in reference to the MAS, Morales party)".

The electoral mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) joined the national stupor by issuing a very hard statement, expressing its " deep concern and surprise at the drastic and difficult to justify change in the trend of preliminary results ". Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS and black beast of Nicolás Maduro, maintains instead a political closeness with Evo Morales , has even defended his right to stand for elections despite being defeated in the 2016 referendum.

"These figures (those that forced to dispute the ballot) coincided with the only authorized rapid count and with the statistical exercise of the Mission," continued the OAS, which cataloged the new figures of "inexplicable change of trend that drastically modifies the fate of the election and generates loss of confidence in the electoral process. " The Episcopal Conference joined the demands and demanded that the will of the people be respected.

Undoubtedly an almost "Hitchcockian" turn, because one day before the ballot was taken for granted, since the difference between the two guaranteed that the polls would reopen in December.

The controversial TREP (Transmission of Preliminary Electoral Results) is a quick count that is done with all the minutes and that after resuscitation suddenly fell silent again after a few minutes. In contrast, in the very slow scrutiny of the 33,000 electoral records , which is 65%, Mesa remained above Morales by a very narrow margin.

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