Bolivia: UN confirmed that Jeanine Áñez was injured on Saturday | Former de facto president “weakened” and “emotionally affected”

The United Nations (UN) representation in Bolivia found that former de facto president Jeanine Áñez was injured and remains confined to a prison in La Paz weakened and “emotionally affected”. The Bolivian government minister, Eduardo Del Castillo, went to the crossroads of requests for parole when he recalled that the ex-president “wanted to flee the country”. For his part, the president Luis Arce raised that the only way to achieve pacification in a “correct, real and concrete” way in Bolivia is to apply justice.

“UN Bolivia had immediate and unrestricted access to the (penitentiary) center, being able to interview Ms. Áñez confidentially. Self-inflicted injuries requiring medical assistance have been found“, said the international body in a statement released by Twitter. There, it is indicated that the former de facto president” declared that she felt physically weakened and deeply affected emotionally.

The UN confirmed that ñez had allowed one of her children to spend the night with her. The document also considered “a good step” the authorities’ decision to conduct a psychiatric assessment of the former senator, warning that such a study must be carried out with prior consent and by qualified and independent professionals.

The statement was released hours after a United Nations system delegation to the country, made up of representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Acnudh) and UN Women, visited Áñez. Confirmation of injuries came after Relatives of the de facto ex-president say she tried to kill herself on Saturday, while the Bolivian government said she suffered minor injuries.

Áñez has been in pre-trial detention since March awaiting trial as an accused of the November 2019 coup. President Luis Arce He spoke on Monday of the requests that the former senator defend himself in freedom. “We recently remembered the coup d’etat of the year 71 where there were also deaths, and 50 years later impunity still reigns. The Bolivian people no longer support any impunity or pact of silence“Arce said at an official ceremony, according to the ABI news agency.

“The only way to fix and appease this is to apply justice as quickly as possible”, noted the Bolivian president. At the same time, the Minister of the Government, Eduardo Del Castillo placeholder image, recalled that the question was a matter for the judiciary and that, at the time, it was considered that the de facto ex-president wanted to “flee the country”. “It is not the business of the executive, it is the business of the judicial body which must determine whether this person defends himself at large or defends himself within the police cells”, declared Del Castillo. .