Re:Bolivia's socialists claim victory as unofficial count sh...
by refurb on Monday October 19, 2020 @07:43AM
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Wow. Seems like a super messy situation. Morales wins in the first election, but because of irregularities he resigns under pressure and his own party votes to annul the old election results and bans him from running again?
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Re:Bolivia's socialists claim victory as unofficial count sh...
by aixi on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:54AM
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Of course. Although his run was upheld by the supreme court (which is biased towards his party), there was a referendum held the year before which basically asked 'should Evo be allowed to run again, although it's currently unconstitutional?' and the people decided against him. Him running again was literally unconstitutional and he running again puts his presidency's (and thus, his parties) legitimacy in question