Bolivia: No State of
Siege in Santa Cruz
Bolivian President Evo
Morales ruled out the
possibility his
government declares the
State of Siege in the
eastern department of
Santa Cruz, whose
authorities foster an
autonomous referendum,
revoked by the National
Electoral Court and
Congress for considering
it illegal.
In conversation with
media at Palacio Quemado,
Morales pointed out that
the extreme measure is
given due to media
versions that also
contribute to
destabilize the country,
but those are false, he
indicated.
Morales clarified that
it was never thought to
militarize Santa Cruz to
prevent the consultation
of May 4.
Any solution to
political or economic
matters will first be
analyzed before
happening.
He also explained that
any initiative of
structural change as
departmental autonomies
will progress within the
framework of legality
and not by impositions,
because it puts in
danger national unity.
Morales asserted he
hopes with optimism the
results of an encounter
summoned for Monday
night by the Catholic
Church and opposition
prefects from Beni,
Pando, Santa Cruz and
Tarija (Media Luna) and
the one of Cochabamba.
Likewise, he summoned a
dialogue without
conditions, destined to
solve the political
crisis the country is
going through. |
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