Bolivian president sacked minister who hired ex-girlfriend

The Bolivian President, Luis Arce, I fired a minister today who has hired a ex girlfriend, who is responsible for promote the massive dismissal of civil servants.

“It is essential that revolutionary values ​​and principles come first. We cannot at any time get rid of ethics and values ​​and principles,” the president said during a public ceremony at the presidential house.

Arce, runner-up to the former president Evo Morales who took office on November 8, replaced Wilson Cceres as Minister of Rural Development and Lands with Edwin Ronald Characayo.

Local press reported last week that Cceres hired his former partner as chief of staff.

According to various media, this lawyer who served as the minister’s right hand, promoted the dismissal of civil servants in this portfolio, the AFP news agency collected.

Cceres came out to clarify that it was not his wife, but an ex-partner. Over the weekend, she apologized and said she was fired.

Criticism also intensified from the leader Movement towards Socialism (MAS) and within the executive.

The holder of justice, Yves limaHe told Cceres on Monday morning that if he was really wrong, “the best is to withdraw.”