Luis Arce Could Not Present His Annual Report to the Nation in the Bolivian Parliament
President Luis Arce on a platform in Murillo Square, Nov. 8, 2024. X/ @elpaisbo
November 8, 2024 Hour: 2:09 pm
Pro-Morales lawmakers carried out actions that prevented the start of the legislative session.
On Friday, President Luis Arce was unable to deliver his fourth annual report in the Bolivian parliament because legislators allied with former President Evo Morales violently disrupted the legislative session.
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Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca, who also presides over the Legislative Assembly, was about to begin the parliamentary session when a group of legislators from the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) approached the main stage.
Pro-Morales legislators destroyed a floral arrangement placed in front of the stage and threw tomatoes and water at Choquehuanca, while his security team tried to shield him with a jacket.
The Bolivian vice president eventually left the venue, and the session could not be convened. A few minutes later, President Arce responded to the events on social media.
“Unfortunately, today we witnessed yet another act of vandalism led by the Evista bloc in the Legislative Assembly. Once again, through its actions, the Evismo shows that it has no willingness for dialogue or to abandon its violent attitudes, which are causing so much harm to our country. We condemn the attacks on David Choquehuanca, the Vice President of the Republic and President of the Legislative Assembly; Omar Yujra, the president of the Chamber of Deputies; and the representatives and senators who were once again attacked by the Evismo,” Arce said.
“What we saw will go down in history as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the Legislative Assembly, led by the Evista bloc. We want to tell the world that what we saw is not who we Bolivians are, nor does it represent popular sentiment. What the world witnessed was a group of Evo Morales followers who continue to harm our homeland to impose an unconstitutional candidacy and to seek impunity in their legal processes,” he emphasized.
“We apologize to the Bolivian people and the international community for the shameful events today in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly,” President Arce concluded.
On Friday, following the events that took place in the Legislative Assembly, President Arce delivered his report to the nation from a platform raised in Murillo Plaza.
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