OAS refutes Felipe Solá and wants Argentina not to repeat “wrong concepts” about Bolivia

The Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday ratified that Bolivia’s general elections in 2019 recorded “Multiple and repeated manipulations, irregularities and problems” and invited the head of the Argentine mission in Washington, Carlos Raimundi, to a meeting to explain these points and so “Avoid repeating misconceptions.”

Without naming it, the OAS This is how he replied to Argentinian Foreign Minister Felipe Solá, who described as “absolute immoral” the secretary general of the regional body, Luis Almagro, and blamed him for the “coup” he said Evo Morales suffered in 2019.

In a charge you accepted Bugle, Addressed to the Argentine mission to the OAS, the organization’s Secretariat for the Strengthening of Democracy formally responds to a note that Raimundi sent in February, criticizing the appointment of former Governor María Eugenia Vidal as a member of the organization. an electoral mission to El Salvador and that he denounced that these types of delegations “Exceed his powers” which lead to “serious crises” like the one in Bolivia.

The OAS had already responded to Vidal’s problem. But in subtle diplomatic language, it is understood that This new letter comes to light in response to criticisms made by Foreign Minister Solá a few days ago, who in Bolivia had said that Almagro is “an absolute immoral” who places himself “at the orders of the strongest, at the orders of Donald Trump”. And that the Uruguayan, “without having all the data, denounced the fraud in Bolivia” and that is why “he made a huge contribution so that there is a coup”, according to Solá.

The OAS letter to Raimundi notes that the organization’s findings in Bolivia “They were conclusive and have been made public.” He reiterates in the letter several of the most relevant conclusions already known and underlines that “the multiple and repeated manipulations, irregularities and problems observed are described in more detail in the final report of the election observation mission and in the final report. of the audit “.

But the organization is trying to get the government to be clear on the concepts and willing to explain them in person, which – it states in the letter – it has not been able to do so far: from the Argentine Republic to support a meeting to deepen the evidence presented in this issue and in any other issue related to electoral observation missions, in accordance with the offer already made by the General Secretariat and with regard toor was there an answer“.

He also specifies that “it is considered that the meeting is absolutely necessary to avoid the repetition of false and unfounded ideas related to this problem ”.

On the issue of the coup, and “in order to refute the allegations”, the OAS notes that the audit report pointed out that “It is understood that constitutional mandates must not be interrupted, including that of President Evo Morales“.

And that “the OAS being the only multilateral organization to consider that the constitutional mandate of the former President must be respected and that all institutions must act in accordance with the Constitution, the absolute lie of any accusation against the Organization of participating in a coup d’etat is evident», Concludes the letter.

Evo Morales was forced to resign the presidency of Bolivia on November 10, 2019 and has consistently accused the OAS and Almagro of supporting “the coup mechanism”, after the report on this year’s elections, which have been overturned by allegations of fraud in your favor.

The former Bolivian president lived in Argentina for almost a year, from where he led the Movement for Socialism (MAS) campaign with which Luis Arce won the presidency in October.

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