Evo Morales repeats his last trap: to legitimize himself as a candidate with the complicity of Latin America

Article 168 of the constitution is clear. "The term of office of the President or the President and the Vice-President or Vice-President is five years. They can only be re-elected or re-elected on a continuous basis."However, who is perceived as the all-powerful of Bolivia to force everything that is not within your reach.

Believing that he would win comfortably, he convened a consultation to allow him to run again. He hoped that his people would not turn their backs on him and allow him to always be in charge of Burnt Palace, the seat of government. The referendum was held on February 21, 2016. For the first time, Bolivians told him not to be strict. Nobody wanted an eternal Evo.

But defeat was not an obstacle. The caudillo did not care about the democratic reverse and resorted to his next letter: a complacent justice shaped during his years in power. The Electoral Supreme Court (TSE) reinterpreted the Constitutionhe violated the popular will and opened the way to morals to appear again in an electoral struggle.

The institutional breakdown was (is) clear. But the trick moralsfollowing the steps of the Latin American populist manual, sought to legitimize itself at any cost. The first to validate his candidacy was Carlos Mesa Gisbert, the former president who will face the boss of the Movement to socialism (MAS) next October. What's better than an opponent with some ascendancy in the opposition for his blessing?

The agreements between the two political leaders were evident lately: the former president was the spearhead of The peace during his climb against Chile in the international conflict over the sea. It was the Head of State who proposed Mesa as spokesperson for the application before the International Court of Justice of The Hague. Rarely has a candidate been so helpful to his opponent's plans at the polls.

Desperate in his eagerness to be re-elected, he crushes not only the deciding vote that said no, but also began persecution against those who raise their voices. For example, a hunt was launched against opposition lawmakers who sought help abroad. Twelve senators and deputies sent an epistle to Donald Trump so that he knows the systematic abuse of Constitution who was lived in Bolivia A replica of the model that catapulted Nicolás Maduro to impersonate Palace of Miraflores.

The answer of Evo It was furious. He's qualified as "shameful"the brief and urged parliamentarians to More to start a survey in the Ethics Commission to the lawmakers who signed it under the charge of "treason to the homeland"The commission has threatened to remove the fueros to the legislators, which would leave them powerless before a judge who responds to the regime of The peace.

Now the president is repeating his last trick. I will try to take in your website Luis Almagro, Secretary General of Organization of American States (OAS), one of the most experienced and well-prepared diplomats in the region and the most confrontational of the Venezuelan dictatorship since the beginning of his term.

The Uruguayans will land in the capital, La Paz, on May 17th. Know the reality of the country. Morales, during this time, he is desperate to show social progress and, above all, in the fight against drug trafficking. Striking: Since taking office in 2006, coca plantations have grown to 70,000 hectares, after receiving them with less than 5,000.

"I mean, it's going to be an interesting tour of Luis Almagro, despite the ideological differences we have"said the president at the announcement of the presence.the differences ideological"They are not unimportant, what separates them the most is the unconditional defense that Bolivia Nicolás Maduro, the dictator to whom Evo looks more and more like forcing irregular elections. Is this country about to become the next puzzle in the region? Latin Americafor the moment, let the opposition alone and take refuge in a frightening silence.

Voices rise before the visit of the Secretary General of the OAS. "Will Almagro say nothing about the illegality of the new appointment of Evo Morales?", the former Chancellor Agustín Saavedra Weise. For his part, the senator Carmen Gonzales he also claimed that the presence of the ambbadador does not validate the fourth electoral presentation of the current president.

"The visit will serve to legitimize the candidacy of Evo Morales. If it is concrete, it will be an aggression against Bolivians fighting for democracy"he said Gonzales in dialogue with Infobae. He remembered: "We asked Almagro to intervene with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to determine whether the argument that he was entitled to stand for a vote was in accordance with the Covenant of Human Rights. San Jose Costa Rica. We did not get an answer"

The representative of Pando Department -with a mandate until 2020- also questioned the location chosen by Evo teach him Almagro his alleged "fight against drug trafficking"."Chapare (north of Cochabamba) is the center of coca producers. 99% of coca in this region is destined for cocaine production"warned the senator and sentenced:"Maduro is repeated in Evo Morales Ayma"

Properly speaking, Almagro had already spoken against the fact that Burnt Palace Sending to a clearly friendly judicial body to force the will of the vote. "Evo Morales must respect the popular decision that says no to re-election. No judge can issue the opinion of the only sovereign: the people"He said in September 2017, when the head of state adopted the Electoral Supreme Court. However, it is to be feared that the signing of an agreement for a mission from OAS oversee the October vote to become an invaluable favor for the boss's plan More. Is this the last step you need to get complete validation of your application?

"With his announced visit to Bolivia and the coca and cocaine production area, with which Evo Morales has turned the country into a narco-state, Secretary Almagro demolishes his image as a democracy fighter, as he seems to support the criminal application of Morales against the referendum of 21 February 2016 and supporting the dictatorial agenda of Venezuela which is now repeated in Bolivia"he said Carlos Sánchez Berzaín, former government minister under the presidency of Gonzalo Sánchez from Lozada and political exile.

How will the Secretary General of the OAS do to avoid falling into the trap set by Evo? For the moment, there is little – and less and less – of those who cry out to denounce the abuses committed daily in Bolivia. Especially the most serious ones: shave the Constitution and disobey the popular mandate. A forgotten mirror of what is happening in Venezuela.