The Bolivian prosecution issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday (December 18th) against ex-president Evo Morales, currently in exile in Argentina, as part of an investigation launched for sedition and terrorism, according to the official decision.
The text, signed by La Paz prosecutors, Jhimmy Almanza and Richard Villaca, orders the police "To arrest and drive Mr. Juan Evo Morales Ayma to the seat of the public prosecutor". It was published on the Twitter account of the Minister of the Interior, Arturo Murillo.
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From Buenos Aires, Evo Morales said Tuesday "Convinced" that his party, The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), was going to win the next elections in Bolivia, although he was not a candidate himself.
“I am convinced that we will win the next elections. I will not be a candidate but I have the right to participate in politics ", Evo Morales, who arrived in Buenos Aires on December 12, said after taking refuge in Mexico and spending a few days in Cuba, said at a press conference.
"Political persecution"
After the forced resignation of Mr. Morales and his departure for exile, the Bolivian Parliament passed a law at the end of November calling for presidential and legislative elections, declaring that the former socialist president would not have the right to be there. candidate. No date has yet been set.
The former Bolivian president called in an interview Monday for an international mission to Bolivia that would guarantee free and transparent elections. He also said he was a victim, along with his supporters, of"Political persecution". Bolivia "Is under a dictatorship", according to him.
Dropped by police and the army, Morales was forced to resign on November 10 after a campaign of demonstrations against the official announcement of his first round victory in the presidential election, in which he sought a fourth term. The opposition and the Organization of American States (OAS) believed that the election had been marred by fraud.
