Oruro or Sucre?:
Bolivian Constituent in
a Crossroads
Bolivians' tendency to
solve their problems
nearly on the edge of a
precipice was confirmed
on Sunday, because just
a few hours before the
resumption of the
sessions of the
Constituent Assembly,
the forum's venue is
still a mystery: Sucre
or Oruro?
The plenary sessions are
scheduled to open on
Monday, according to a
decision made by the
Political Council last
week. However, on other
occasions, that forum
has announced the
resumption of sessions,
but they have been
cancelled due to
antagonistic positions.
The final meeting
between the
Inter-Institutional
Committee of Chuquisaca
and the three
commissioners of the
Council will be held on
Sunday to try to reach
an agreement on whether
the so-called full
capital of the country
will be Sucre or La Paz.
After lots of meetings,
Sucre agreed to host the
reopening of the
sessions if the capital
issue was debated and
solved on the first day
of debates, a condition
that has delayed the
solution of the problem.
Besides, the Emergency
Committee of La Paz
ratified that it would
not give away the
Executive and
Legislative powers,
although it said it
would consider some
definite and official
alternative on the
issue.
As both parties try to
agree on their Byzantine
discussions, time is
running out and the
December 14 deadline to
deliver the new
Constitution is
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