After his exclusion, Evo Morales criticized the judges of Bolivia's Constitutional Court and deepened the internal dispute with Luis Arce

evo morales, On Tuesday, the former Bolivian president (2006-2019) accused two judges of the Constitutional Court of “smuggling” assessments of the rerun of the presidential elections in a ruling on the postponed judicial elections in Bolivia. They are ruling out his 2025 presidential run.

Morales, in a letter about social media issues related to his presidential re-election.

“The disqualification criteria presented by Hurtado and Estrada behind the Plenary Chamber of the Plurinational Constitutional Court amount to… Political service To ensure the self-extension of his mandate and in return HARM MASHe pointed out.

The former governor and leader of the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) also noted that “thanks to information” received from Cooperative Congress Party officials, he learned that the measure of constitutional protection that gave way to the Constitutional Court ruling in April last year was introduced by a former employee of the Ministry of Justice. .

Last Friday, Judgment No. 1010/2023-S4, of about 82 pages, was announced, reviewing an April 2023 decision on the constitutional protection offered by Miguel Ángel Balcazar Ruiz, whom Morales refers to as Former official in the government of Luis Arce.

The judicial protection order questioned the requirements of the preliminary selection regulation for judicial candidates that stipulate “not to express political positions in public,” which the plaintiff considered “a flagrant assault on freedom of expression.”

In its first ruling, the Constitutional Court canceled the invitation to submit applications to the judiciary, amended the required requirement, and issued a new regulation.

The previous week's ruling decided to “confirm” the April 2023 decision and grant the protection requested by the plaintiff “on the same terms by the Constitutional Chamber” that heard the case in the first place.

However, in the legal foundations of the ruling regarding constitutional restrictions on the right to vote, the following is indicated: Presidential re-election indefinitely In light of the advisory opinion submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights which was resolved in 2021.

In this ruling, the Inter-American Court decided that indefinite presidential re-election “does not constitute an independent right protected by the American Charter of Human Rights.”

The constitutional ruling decides that Presidential elections in Bolivia are repeated “once continuously or twice intermittently,” so it is then possible for us to “rerun and carry out our duties for a third term.”

Under this constitutional procedure, Evo Morales will be excluded from the upcoming elections, because… He previously held executive authority for three terms, 2006-2009, 2009-2014, and 2014-2019. In his last attempt, he denounced the “coup” against him amid allegations of election fraud.

In 2023, a sector of the Movement Towards Socialism declared Morales the sole candidate for 2025, but the Lauca congress where the former governor was re-elected was called into question by the Electoral Tribunal, which cited irregularities in the process and ordered it repeated.

As of the end of 2021, Morales is locked in a battle with Arce, also from the Movement for Socialism, who has described Morales as his “main opponent” due to persistent criticism of his government.

(With information from EFE)