“It was decided to reject the application for registration as a candidate for Senators Evo Morales. At the same time, complaints against registration as a presidential candidate from the Movement to Socialism party, Luis Arce, were declared unfounded, ”TASS quoted court chairman Salvador Romero as saying.
In early February, the Movement to Socialism party announced that Morales was registered as a candidate for the Senate from the Cochabamba Department.
On February 18, it became known that 60% of candidates who received warnings were barred from participating in the Bolivian Senate election.