“They demand that I resign, this is an attempted coup .... This is unconstitutional and illegal. I have a constitutional mandate, which is valid until January next year, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Morales previously announced new elections amid mass protests in the country.
On October 23, the head of Bolivia announced the introduction of a state of emergency in the country due to protests around the vote count in the presidential election. Morales later warned residents of the republic about the threat of a coup d'etat, which "are trying to arrange a group of radically minded individuals."