Weekly Report - 12 July 2018 (WR-18-27)

Bolivia’s Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) government led by President Evo Morales is again facing accusations of judicialising politics – a perennial complaint by the opposition. Earlier this week Bolivia’s attorney general Ramiro Guerrero announced he had requested that the criminal chamber of the supreme court (TSJ) investigate former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005), a leading opposition figure, in relation to the 2004 decision to revoke a mining concession. The fragmented opposition warns that the decision is political ahead of February 2019 general elections in which Morales will again run following a contentious ruling late last year by the constitutional court (TCP) removing the bar on his candidacy [WR-17-47].

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