Bolivia: El Alto mourns, interim president announces elections

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El Alto is preparing to bury its dead on November 20, 2019, while the interim president announces that parliament will have to vote on a bill to hold new elections. REUTERS / David Mercado

In Bolivia, while in the capital La Paz, the parliament finally met and the organization of new elections is looming, in the nearby town of El Alto, district of Senkata, the inhabitants mourned their dead. On Tuesday, during the unblocking of a fuel supply plant, which was surrounded by supporters of the former president, eight people died in clashes with the police.

It's the whole area of ​​Senkata that was in mourning yesterday Wednesday. The eight coffins were gathered in the main square, and the inhabitants came one by one to offer their condolences to the families, reports our correspondent, Alice

Mourning in El Alto: a report also to listen 21/11/2019 - by Alice Campaignolle Play

Campaignolle . While the government claims that groups were ready to attack the fuel plant, which could have resulted in very serious consequences, here the inhabitants say they are living a terrible injustice. " The police fired unhindered, " says a woman, without question, it looked like a battlefield! But we are not terrorists here, people were blocking the factory peacefully, without violence. "

And these deaths, which would be due to the shooting of the forces of the order, will not remain unpunished according to the inhabitants. Many are ready to fight. " We demand justice, an indignant man, we want the President to denounce these deaths, recognize them and pay for it! We will fight as long as we need, we will certainly not sit idly by. "

Thousands of people gathered to pray to their dead, who became martyrs, dead to defend democracy, they say. The citizens of Senkata do not recognize the current government and demand the return of Evo Morales . And they announced today they will try to bring coffins to Plaza Murillo, the government palace square in La Paz.

Interim President announces elections

Jeanine Añez on Wednesday sent a draft law to parliament to hold new presidential and parliamentary elections, one month after the presidential poll of 20 October that marked the beginning of the current political crisis in Bolivia.

Cumpliendo nuestro Compromise con el País, Hemos presents the "Ley of Convocatoria a Elecciones Generales" 2020.

The law would cancel the presidential election, after which Morales was proclaimed re-elected for a fourth term. It would also allow the establishment of a new Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) that will decide a date for the new ballot. The text must be approved by the parliament, where the Movement to Socialism (MAS) of the former president Evo Morales is the majority.

The interim president, who retains the possibility of issuing a presidential decree to call elections, said at a press conference want to create a "national consensus," reports AFP. The serious post-election crisis that is shaking Bolivia has already left 32 dead.

Hemos decidido otorgar a salvoconducto to Evaliz Morales, para that reciba asilo in México, bajo el hearimiento of which the familia no guilt of the acciones de su padre. Somos a gobierno that busca pacificar nuestra nación.