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The provisional president, Jeanine Áñez, has burst the Bolivian political board with a maneuver as controversial as surprising, which makes her the main favorite to win the May and June elections. "I present myself as a representative of this national alliance that brings together the most representative political forces after the October electoral fraud," said the leader, who is currently not considering leaving her current position.

With the announcement of her presidential candidacy, Áñez not only disdains herself, but also cracks the sense of a Presidency and a government born to lead the transition exclusively to free elections without cheating. A great paradox multiplied by the justification of who until November was a senator unknown to the country: "It was not in my plans . The dispersion of the vote and candidacies that fail to unite the Bolivians force me to make this decision. I extend this hand and I assure you that this door is still open to join this broad front. "

Against dispersion, more candidacies. The first criticisms have arisen from within the anti-revolutionary bloc. "It seems irresponsible to us, it is not respecting that it is a transitory government , " said deputy Luis Felipe Dorado, an ally of another candidate, who has already announced he will present an appeal to the Constitutional Court.

Evo Morales was even more condescending with Áñez than his own co-religionists, perhaps moved by the two times he twisted the constitutional designs to run for reelection: "It's his right. Just remind him so many times he said he didn't show up."

Áñez goes on to lead a powerful alliance, baptized as Together, which includes his own party, Democrats; Sovereignty and Freedom, headed by the powerful mayor of La Paz, Luis Revilla; the All movement, led by the governor of Tarija and the UNIR party. Everything indicates that Revilla will form the electoral ticket as a candidate for vice president, which consolidates Áñez's commitment by representing the west and the east of the country.

"Today we have no room to make mistakes. We invite all democratic forces and social leaders to join this great proposal," said the temporary president.

The irruption of the binomial Áñez-Revilla radically changes the electoral landscape. The provisional president already appeared in several polls as the favorite candidate within the current ruling, below the Movement To Socialism (MAS) of Evo Morales, but confirming that the feeling of change is a majority in the country, at least for now.

The main victim of this movement is former President Carlos Mesa , who competed against you against the Aymara leader in October, but who thus loses important allies, especially Mayor Revilla. "It is an unfortunate mistake, its role is to guarantee clean and transparent elections," said Ricardo Paz , right hand of Mesa in the Citizen Community.

The other favorite binomial, formed by the civic leaders who rose against Evo after the electoral fraud, yesterday measured the consequences of the launch. His head of the list, Luis Fernando Camacho , suffered an aggression last Friday while leading an act of his alliance Creemos , which forms alongside Marco Pumari , leader of Potosí. "We will be able to see each other in the proposals," Camacho said.

The first electoral round is held on May 3, although all polls indicate that there will be ballot in June. To win it is necessary to exceed 50% of the votes or have more than 40% of the support with an advantage of 10 points over the second.

As the political scenario has been drawn, the MAS binomial formed by the former Minister of Economy, Luis Arce, and former Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca leave with the advantage of being the only revolutionary candidacy. Initially answered by the bases, finally Morales' 'strike' was imposed on the social sectors of La Paz and the coca growers of Cochabamba.

In the now official sector, a sort of primary will be fought between the three candidacies of Áñez, Mesa and Camacho, who must be added to former President Jorge Quiroga and the evangelical Chi Hyun Chung , abandoned by the Christian Democratic Party despite becoming the October's big surprise. The leader of Korean origin obtained 9% of the votes thanks to his macho and homophobic speech.

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