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Weekly Report - 19 October 2017 (WR-17-41)

BOLIVIA: Tensions rise over re-election

A justice of the plurinational constitutional court (TCP), Mirtha Camacho, called for calm this week as the body considers an appeal presented by the ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) to amend the 2009 constitution to allow President Evo Morales to seek re-election in 2019 for a fourth consecutive term. Camacho’s call follows protests which took place on 10 October in five of the country’s nine provincial capitals, timed to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Bolivia’s return to democracy. This was the second time this year that such unrest had taken place after protests were staged on the anniversary of the 2016 February public referendum on whether to change the constitution, which had delivered a surprise defeat for Morales. With MAS supporters also pledging to take to the streets in support of his re-election bid, tensions look set to rise.

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