In the course of the coming days will Bolivia issue a warrant for the arrest of thinks Morales, is in Argentina.
Bolivia will issue a warrant for the arrest of former president Evo Morales for having encouraged to revolt.
It will happen in the course of the coming days, says the acting president of Bolivia, Jeanine Añez, on Saturday.
– He can return whenever he wants. He left the country, because he would, says Jeanine Añez to journalists, according to news agency Reuters.
the arrest Warrant will be issued in the course of the next few days, the charges are already in place, she says.
Evo Morales is located in Argentina, where he has been since Thursday. Here he has been awarded asylum, like several former members of his government.
Bolivia’s former president traveled the 12. november from Bolivia to Mexico, where he got asylum. It happened in the wake of nationwide protests against him due to alleged electoral fraud.
Evo Morales claims that he won a fourth term of office at elections on 20. October, but the accusations of cheating sparked weeks of violent protests, and eventually he had to withdraw after nearly 14 years in power.
on Friday declared Argentina’s ministry of foreign affairs, to Morales and “four former members of his government” have been granted asylum in the country.
– Asylmodtagerne will get permanent refugee status, wrote the ministry in a statement according to the news agency dpa.
Morales’ resignation led to the collapse of the Senate vice-president, Jeanine Añez, took power in Bolivia and formed a conservative provisional government.
At the end of november signed the she a new electoral law, which paves the way for the troubled country can hold elections.
A new election is seen as crucial for that Bolivia can put the current political crisis behind it.
The new election law, annuls the disputed results of the election on 20. October, just like it forbids a candidate to establish if they have been sitting in the office of the president in the last two periods.
It excludes Evo Morales from standing up.
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