Bolivia Urges Congress
to Approve Legislation
La Paz - Bolivian
President Evo Morales
urged deputies and
senators, who met in
Congress on Sunday to
approve a law for
summoning to referendum,
to approve the bill of
the new Political
Constitution of the
State.
In a rally in Laja town,
to celebrate the 460th
anniversary of the
foundation of La Paz
department, the leader
recalled that it would
be the first time a
Constitution would be
approved by the Bolivian
people's vote.
Morales exhorted the
legislators to work on
the country's interest,
in reference to the
ordinary sessions aimed
at assessing a
legislation to make
viable making effective
the constitutional bill
approved in Oruro in
December 2007.
He also hoped that the
Legislative spoke in
favor of another poll to
define the limit of a
land extension that a
citizen would be
authorized to have or
work on (12,355 or
24,710 acres).
In another part of his
speech, Morales, who
interrupted a 48-hour
rest, according to a
doctor's advice,
criticized the statement
of former Bolivian
president Carlos Mesa
(2003-2005), who
questioned the current
administration about
nationalization of
hydrocarbons.
"I know Mesa wants
devote himself to
politics again, we don't
have any objections, but
he should do it with the
truth," Morales
stressed.
The leader remembered
that when he was a
parliament member, he
presented a bill to
Mesa, to nationalize the
natural resources,
especially energy, but
he never received an
answer.
Only in this government,
there has been a real
recovery of oil and
natural gas that started
in May 2006 for the
benefit of all
Bolivians, he asserted.
Official statistics have
shown that from January
2006 to the present
date, annual income have
increased, due to the
hydrocarbon sector
nationalization.
On Saturday, also
Government Minister
Alfredo Rada called
Carlos Mesa a liar,
because he did not have
any moral authority to
speak about those
issues, because in 2004,
when he was the
president, he refused to
promulgate the
Hydrocarbon Law.
Rada also said the
Executive is open to
receive political
criticism from the
sectors, but does not
accept that Mesa seeks
to build his platform
with lies, and thinking
that the Bolivians have
forgotten the years
2003, 2004 and 2005.
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