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The former Bolivian president Evo Morales He lost a legal battle to stand as a candidate for senator in the October 18 elections, after a court of first instance disabled his candidacy for the central region of Cochabamba on Monday amid protests against him.
The resolution can be reviewed by the Constitutional Court of Bolivia.
Morales He tried to qualify himself with a constitutional protection after six months ago the Supreme Electoral Tribunal invalidated his candidacy, arguing that he did not meet the requirement of residing in the town to which he was running for at least two years. His lawyers allege that he had reasons of force majeure to leave the country but that it is his right to participate in the elections.
At the court doors, a group of people, including young people, awaited the decision. After the resolution was known, they marched through the central streets of the city with songs against Morales.
The experts warned that Morales he was looking for a “parliamentary jurisdiction” to evade justice in several complaints he has. They also mentioned that if elected he could return to the presidency.
The former president, 60, He has been in exile in Argentina since December. A month earlier, he was in Mexico after a political and social upheaval that forced him to resign after a failed election tinged with allegations of fraud that left 36 people dead.
41 days before the crucial presidential elections, the political race has become disputed between Luis Arce, former Minister of Economy and candidate for the party of Morales, The ex-president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005) and the interim president Jeanine Áñez.
The Unitel network released on Sunday a survey by the Ciesmori company in which Maple regained ground in preference with 26%, followed by Low hill with 17.1% and Áñez 10.4%. The rest is distributed among the other five applicants. The survey was conducted by telephone with 2,343 people between August 26 and September 3 and has a margin of error of two percentage points.
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