The opposition Movimiento Demócrata Social (MDS, comprising the rump of the former regional opposition governors’ bloc, Consejo Nacional Democrático, Conalde) is launching a campaign against what it maintains is judicial persecution by the government led by President Evo Morales. The MDS’s announcement was prompted by recent judicial orders against Ernesto Suárez, the former governor of Beni department (2006-2012) and other MDS members. The claims regarding the politicisation of justice come as elections are due in October for the supreme court (TSJ), the constitutional court (TCP), the council of magistrates, and the environmental court (TA) in a popular vote following the first of its kind in 2011 which the Morales government has since admitted was a failure.End of preview - This article contains approximately 666 words.
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