Bolivia will open the trial of Luis Almagro | Is by …

Bolivian Justice Minister Iván Lima announced on Tuesday that his government decided to bring to justice the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, for “violations” of the entity’s agreements with the Andean nation.

“There has been a clear and blatant violation of the actions agreed between Bolivia and the OAS, by the OAS and Luis Almagro,” Lima said.

The head of the Justice portfolio explained that the government “is evaluating the legal avenues”, that “they are probably not exclusive and that we can all follow simultaneously”, and that they intend to reach “the corresponding bodies” .

Lima alluded to the OAS’s preliminary report on the October 2019 elections, which ultimately led to a political crisis in Bolivia and the resignation of former President Evo Morales. According to the report, there were “irregularities” in the elections.

In the minister’s opinion, the report was not part of an agreement signed between the Bolivian state and the agency and, “worse still”, the final report was released in December 2019, after the deadline.

Lima has announced that legal action will be taken against Almagro, given what it considers to be “persistent interference actions” in the country and because of the statements made by Almagro on the alleged electoral fraud of 2019. So he hopes be held responsible for the “seriousness of their claims and the irresponsibility” of the organization’s report.

The OAS recently proposed to create an international commission to investigate cases of corruption in Bolivia from the Morales government to the present day, including the period of Jeanine Áñez.

On the other hand, the organization questioned the Bolivian judicial system and claimed that there was no guarantee of a “fair” trial, “impartiality or due process” against former senior government officials.

Morales, for his part, accused Almagro of committing crimes against humanity. “He never spoke of the 36 murders, the more than 800 injured, the 1,500 illegally detained and the hundreds of persecuted,” he said on his Twitter account.