In 2019, President Evo Morales had asked several social and trade union organizations to demand his resignation, at the height of the demonstrations against his re-election. This revelation undermines the theory of the coup, defended by the militants of the former president.
With our correspondent in La Paz, Nils Sabin
What happened in 2019, at the height of the demonstrations between pro and anti Evo Morales? Three days ago Andrés Flores, the president of the parliamentary group of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS), the party in power, revealed elements unknown to the general public.
After two weeks of mobilization, in 2019, Evo Morales had asked several social organizations and trade unions to demand his resignation. ” Call for my resignation before the army and the police do it and I will resign. is what would have said Evo Morales, according to Andrés Flores. The MP recalls the context of this request: “ It had been two weeks since the social organizations had been fighting, the police were starting to rise up, the army was going to ask for resignation. »
Blessed bread for the right
For the right-wing opposition, these declarations are godsend: they are proof that there is no there was no coup. ” I demand my freedom “, Estimates on Twitter Luis Fernando Camacho, figure of the opposition accused of terrorism by justice for having participated in the supposed coup, and imprisoned for six months.
This is the evidence that NO hubo Golpe, fue el propio Evo Morales quien pidió a sus militantes que exijan su renuncia.
Ya NO tienen como sostener este secuestro en el que me tienen.
¡Exijo mi libertad! https://t.co/5FvQSn3ujx
— Luis Fernando Camacho (@LuisFerCamachoV) July 5, 2023
As for ex-president Carlos Mesa, he denounces a self-coup on the part of Evo Morales. A theory that Andrés Flores sweeps away, who sees rather an attempt at a political exit. As for the principal concerned, Evo Morales, he has not yet spoken on the issue.