The OAS issued a statement in 2019 questioning the validity of the Bolivian elections, which then snowballed into a full-blown fascist coup. Thousands of Bolivians have died. Today, we have David Rosnick from the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR) telling us about the “intellectual collaborators” who gave a pseudo-intellectual cover for the coup.
There were more than technical problems. The Bolivian constitution established that a president could only run two times. Many people already questioned his participation in the elections of 2014. But then Morales alleged that the rule of re-election should only run after the enactment of the new constitution (which was 2009). So, according to him, 2014 was his first re-election
That already got a lot of people upset. Morales himself called “a small trick”
In 2016, Morales decided that it will run for re-election one more time. But that was illegal. So, he decided to call for a referendum to ask people if he should be the candidate in 2019. Morales lost the referendum.
Yet, He ignored the referendum and presented a case to the electoral tribunal TSE.
Morales argued that “being re- re- elected…was a human right”.
And the TSE granted him the right to participate. Members of the TSE were designed by MAS. So, it was expected that the TSE was going to favor Morales’s demand.
There were more than technical problems. The Bolivian constitution established that a president could only run two times. Many people already questioned his participation in the elections of 2014. But then Morales alleged that the rule of re-election should only run after the enactment of the new constitution (which was 2009). So, according to him, 2014 was his first re-election
That already got a lot of people upset. Morales himself called “a small trick”
In 2016, Morales decided that it will run for re-election one more time. But that was illegal. So, he decided to call for a referendum to ask people if he should be the candidate in 2019. Morales lost the referendum.
Yet, He ignored the referendum and presented a case to the electoral tribunal TSE.
Morales argued that “being re- re- elected…was a human right”.
And the TSE granted him the right to participate. Members of the TSE were designed by MAS. So, it was expected that the TSE was going to favor Morales’s demand.