The popular vote gave Ev the key to victory …

From La Paz The official calculation of votes of mining centers such as those of the 20th century and Llallagua, in Potosí, which during the 1970s were the scene of historical struggles of workers; and indigenous settlements from deep Bolivia, such as Mojocoya and Tarabuco, to Chuquisaca, they ended up giving the president Evo Morales the long-awaited difference of more than 10% of the votes compared to the candidate of the community, Carlos Mesa, allowing him to run for a fourth term without having to resort to an exhausting second round. With 99.16% of the votes counted and a 10.37% advantage over Mesa (36.59% won), Morales (46.96%) is re-elected without a second round.

The electoral process marked by attempts to destabilize opposition to the socialist movement is symptomatic of the fact that the close control of municipalities and isolated municipalities of the major urban centers had to be carried out after the transfer of the respective county electoral courts to Llallagua. . and dependencies of the Bolivia Glass Containers Public Corporation (Envibol) in Zudáñez, because the facilities were taken and destroyed by shock groups called by opponents to prevent the counting of the initial farmer vote and ignore the results.

Given the climate of discredit of the electoral process and the violence provoked almost throughout the country by the Mesa itself, as well as by other sectoral representatives of the right, the final calculation of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) implicated was finally resolved as soon as possible.thus silencing hasty speculation, such as that of the Organization of American States (OAS) Observer Mission chaired by Luis Almagro.

We are talking about a missionary mission of the OAS which, for months, endorsed the organization and timing of the entire electoral process, which last Sunday considered the absolute normality in the organization of the elections and which never evaded the possibility of choppy fraud. right Yes, I slip. As of 21 October, criticisms focused on the weaknesses of the Parallel Parallel Transmission System (TREP), an aspect that has brought the TSE under control and should be revisited in the future.

For that it was surprising that the spokesmen for the continental body recommended the completion of the second round, even though the thorough examination was not complete and whether or not there is a difference of ten points between Morales and Mesa. Foreign Minister Diego Pary's request to the Bolivian authorities and the OAS mission to carry out a joint audit of the general count in the coming days has not fallen into the bag, as long as the conclusions are binding, that is to say obligatory.

Carlos Mesa underlined his disorientation in the face of defeat and his open refusal to acknowledge the results when he evoked a television interview last night that does not seem to constrain the audit, thus demonstrating that his ultimate goal is to delegitimize the elections, including in the hypothesis and already excluded the possibility of access to the vote.

Once again, following a result that may have been more direct, and in counter-attack, President Morales called on the OAS to consider that he had lost all impartiality in recent days. He attributes an intentional political destabilization consistent with Donald Trump's plans for interference throughout the region and complicity with domestic coup attempts notoriously encouraged by the opposition.

If one can draw something conclusive from the analysis of the electoral result, it is a strong polarization between the sectors related to the deepening of the process of change, with a key role of the social movements, and the deep "anti "Evisme" which is making the middle class and which has led these sectors to focus the vote within the community citizen. This brings us to the city-field dichotomy, an issue that seemed settled but resurfaced with an alarming reaction to violent expressions and acts of racial hatred towards all that is native and peasant. masses.

Morales himself said today at a press conference at Casa Grande del Pueblo that a group of 20 people allegedly attacked the home of his home in Cochabamba with graffiti and legends discriminatory, in addition to denouncing the acts of vandalism against the electoral courts.

Meanwhile, social calm still prevails in the cities of La Paz, Sucre and Santa Cruz, with a psychological warfare of false news about the population, ranging from alarms about food shortages and fuels to the broadcast of images violent clashes that, paradoxically, they correspond to fifteen years ago, like the October massacre, of which Mesa was himself one of the leaders of the executive power.

The Venezuelan attempt of the situation in Bolivia, with unsuccessful calls to the civic strikes, the civil war and even to the imposition of Mesa to the presidency – in the worst style guaidó – is reflected in the manifestations mainly nourished by the young people intermediate sectors high led by the rector of the UMSA Waldo Albarracín, who introduced it every day after six o'clock in the afternoon near the headquarters of the TSE with a single slogan: go out Evo.

Opposite are the massive marches and rallies in favor of the indigenous president, as yesterday in San Francisco Square in La Paz and this afternoon in Cochabamba., where hundreds of thousands of people convened by organizations such as the Bolivian Workers' Confederation and the Bolivian Confederation of Peasant Workers testify to their peaceful defense of Evo, democracy and their historically conquered rights. They and they, whose Mesa tried to ignore the votes, are those who support the democratic and cultural revolution.