Bolivia: ex-president Evo Morales vying for senatorial elections

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Discarded from the next presidential election on May 3, former president of Bolivia Evo Morales announced his candidacy for the senatorial elections to be held on the same date.

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It was from Argentina, where he found refuge, that the former president applied.

Estos son los datos hasta las 17:00 sobre el registro de candidateuras en el sistema informático del TSE. pic.twitter.com/GEOtVRSg7F

According to information published on the website of the Supreme Electoral Court, Mr. Morales is at the top of the list of the Movement towards socialism (MAS) which presents eight candidates for the Senate (four incumbents and four substitutes) for the region of Cochabamba, in the south from the country.

Evo Morales could not be a candidate in the presidential poll scheduled for the same day. On November 24, self-proclaimed interim president Jeanine Añez promulgated a law calling for new presidential and legislative elections which prohibits anyone who has served two consecutive elected terms from standing for a third. It is a close friend of Evo Morales, Luis "Lucho" Arce who will wear the colors of the MAS in the presidential election.

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Saludo a Direntes del MAS-IPSP y de movimientos sociales por el gran esfuerzo de seleccionar a las mejores mujeres y hombres para la próxima legislatura y a hermanas y hermanos por la impresionante concentración para acompañar la inscripción de nuestro binomio Lucho y David pic.twitter .com / y3DGXVPVMC

This measure effectively closed the door to a new candidacy for Evo Morales, 60, who has already served three terms. He is also being prosecuted in his country for “sedition” and “terrorism”. Recall that Evo Morales had proclaimed winner of the poll on October 20, a poll contested because of suspicions of fraud. After several weeks of unrest, dropped by the armed forces, Evo Morales finally resigned on November 10 and the elections were canceled.

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