Political earthquake in
Bolivia
.
The Bolivian Prosecutor's Office has launched into a barrage against former President
Jeanine Áñez
, against several of her former ministers and against the military and police who forced Evo Morales to resign after the electoral fraud denounced by the
Organization of American
States (OAS).
He has issued arrest warrants against all of them.
The accusations of the government official of the
Movement
Toward
Socialism
(MAS) range from conspiracy and sedition to terrorism.
All of them are part of the case called
"Coup d'etat"
, mounted by the indigenous revolution to impose its political narrative and make people forget the fraud committed at the polls.
The police searched for the former president at her home in Trinidad, 500 km from La Paz, but did not find her.
"The political persecution has begun. The MAS has decided to return to the styles of the dictatorship. A shame because Bolivia does not need dictators, it needs freedom and solutions,"
Áñez
denounced
through his social networks.
The operation was carried out at night (early morning in Spain) while local media speculated on
Áñez's
flight
aboard a plane after being warned of the police operation.
The arrest warrant affects five members of his cabinet, led by his right hand, the controversial head of the Government,
Arturo Murillo
, who is abroad.
Also on the government list is former
Commander
Williams Kaliman
, chief of the Armed Forces during the crisis of November 2019. Admiral
Flavio Arce San Martín is
already being held in the San Pedro prison.
Former ministers
Álvaro Coimbra
(Justice) and
Rodrigo Guzmán
(Energy) were captured in Trinidad and transferred to the capital in military planes.
"We are in a process of political persecution worse than in dictatorships. It is executed against those who defended democracy and freedom in 2019. The judiciary and the Masista prosecutor's office are the executioner hammer. The perpetrators of the fraud are amnesty and pretend to be victims"
Carlos Mesa
, former presidential candidate of the centrist Citizen Community
, denounced on twitter
.
The former president also detailed on CNN the "witch hunt" initiated under the orders of
Evo Morales
, leader of the revolution.
"I wouldn't be surprised if they came after us," he concluded.
Iván Arias
, mayor-elect of La Paz, issued a statement denouncing the attack against the former president and the other charges, "an unacceptable action that shows that the rule of law is not in force in Bolivia. The entire country knows that the The resignation and subsequent abandonment of the national territory of former President
Evo Morales
was due to massive popular demonstrations organized against electoral fraud. "
In the first round of the regional and municipal elections held last Sunday, the MAS failed to endorse its victory in the presidential elections last year.
A hard setback in which he not only lost the capital, but also his stronghold of El Alto, as well as Santa Cruz and Cochabamba.
The attack against opponents and the military occurs amid internal criticism against Evo for the "finger" applied in the election of his candidates.
"The arrest warrants against
Áñez
and his ministers do not contain any evidence that they have committed the crime of terrorism. In 2020 we ask that the charges against Evo Morales be dropped for the same reason," warned
José Miguel Vivanco
, director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch.
On the other hand,
Evo Morales
, leader of the indigenous revolution, attacked the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights (APDHB) for standing up in defense of the military and police: "What times are we in? The president of the APDHB defends the coup and injustice and hides the massacres. "
His regional allies immediately jumped to the fore.
"When atrocities are committed against the people, those responsible must pay. Justice for the Bolivian people, what happened was a coup and must be tried," said the Puebla Group, which groups leftist, revolutionary and populist leaders.
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