Evo Morales: "We won in the first round" | The scru …

Bolivian President Evo Morales
He said Thursday that he had won the general election in the first round, when he gets more than 10 points difference over the opponent Carlos Mesa, which, according to the law, avoids a ballot.

"Good news … We already won in the first round," said Morales. in a press conference. In the midst of opposition issues concerning irregularities in the count, the president ends the speculation and provides the last part of the election court, with a 98.42% control rate. The Movement for Socialism (MAS) obtained 46.83% of the 36.7% vote calculated for the opponent Carlos Mesa. For just a few tenths, Evo Morales confirmed his victory for a new term. "We won in the first round," he said.

At a press conference held at Casa Grande del Pueblo, the president elected for a fourth term confirmed that these results were final. "The 1.58% of the votes, which come from rural areas, have yet to be calculated," said Evo Morales, reaffirming his victory.

On the same tone yesterday, the president questioned the opposition to "ignore" the aboriginal vote. "They insist on hatred, contempt and discrimination," he said, calling on all opposition leaders to "think in depth" to "not reject advances."

Morales denounced the fact that a group of violent people called by the opposition went to his house yesterday to intimidate him. "They went to get my house, about twenty types, and I have no security" The president indignantly declared acts of violence directed directly at elected members of parliament, senators and their families.

"They say that there was fraud, so they prove it"

Consulted by the words of the Director of Election Observation of the Organization of American States (OAS), Gerardo de Icaza, who asked for a second round to protect the legitimacy of the elections, Evo Morales reiterated the invitation made to the agency to verify the vote and the results.

"They say that there was fraud, and then they prove it, to present something," said the president., who pointed out that the OAS, like any other international organization, must first respect the National Constitution.

Anyway, Morales strongly questioned the fact that the agency expressed itself before the end of the official control. "Before the end of the official calculation, they had already given their opinion and suggested a position. The mission of the OAS is with the coup d'etat, a coup d'etat internal and external, "said the president.

"When we lost, we did not burn election points"

The opposition Mesa said that he would not recognize the results of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, that he accuses of having manipulated the vote to favor the official candidate, so that groups of Opposition organizes demonstrations throughout the country. Morales denounced an attempted coup d'etat.

Faced with oppositional criticism, Evo Morales recalled that in 2002 his party had lost to the formula Gonzalo Sanchez Lozada – Carlos Mesa by a few votes of difference. and, despite questioning the result, they did not doubt elections.

"In the 2002 elections, they won us 42,000 votes and to date, we have won with more than 600,000 votes of difference," said the president, adding, "When we lost, we did not win. have not burned electoral points and we did not question the exam, even when we learned that the votes had been stolen. "