Ex-president Bolivia and leader of the ruling Movement towards Socialism (MAS), Evo Morales (2006-2019), warned this Saturday that he will be his party’s presidential candidate in the 2025 presidential elections “by hook or by crook” during a message to his followers in the Cochabamba region, its political and trade union stronghold.

Morales has insisted that he has the right to be a candidate, despite Bolivia’s Plurinational Constitutional Court ruling in December saying Open-ended elections ‘are not a human right’.

This decree states that a person can only serve as president of the country for two terms, either continuously or intermittently.

Ex-president He reigned for three terms: from 2006 to 2010, from 2010 to 2014; and from 2014 to 2019.

“Until now By law and constitution, we have the right to be president., this is non-negotiable. What they do is see how with self-expansion they are looking for how to eliminate me, how to turn me off. This is a fight and they are not capable of this,” Morales said.

The former president also said he was supported and “protected” by “left-wing governments in Latin America” ​​and called the presidents his allies. Lula da Silva from Brazil and Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela..

He also added that if they do not want to make him a candidate “in a good way”, then it will be a “bad way”, and that this will be achieved through “mobilizations”.

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For their part, social sectors associated with the former head of state are planning to take action against the MAS convention. promoted by the government of Luis Arcewhich will take place in the city of El Alto and will end on Sunday.

Morales called on his followers to “mobilize” against Congress from circles close to the president and ordered them to “get ready to take to the streets.”

The bloc supporting Morales called the ruling party’s own congress next July 10th in the town of Villa Tunari, in the tropics of Cochabamba.

Arce and Morales have been separated since 2021.Last year, their differences deepened over the party’s national convention, which, in the absence of the president and his loyal sectors, confirmed the former president as MAS leader and named the party’s “sole candidate.” elections 2025.

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The President was not present at this meeting because the public organizations that form the basis of the IAS were not properly represented.

Tensions increased following the meeting of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) decided to cancel the 2023 congress and order the convening of a new committee based on consensus, which both pro-government factions also disagreed with. (EFE)