[rad-green] Morales’ MAS defines strategy for e lections and a solution to the political crisis

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*Peoples Dispatch          December 12, 2019*

Morales’ MAS defines strategy for elections and a solution to the political
crisis

*The MAS party stressed the importance of maintaining the unity of all
social movements, grassroot organizations, leaders, activists and
supporters to achieve the victory of the Bolivian people.*


*Political leaders, legislators, representatives of various social
movements, grassroots organizations and trade unions from all the
departments of Bolivia took part in the MAS assembly in Cochabamba on
December 8.*

On December 7, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), the left-wing
political party of the ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales, held an
assembly in the city of Cochabamba. The central aim was to reorganize the
party and popular organizations to take steps to confront the current
social and political crisis in the country before the presidential
elections in 2020.

Political leaders, legislators, representatives of various social
movements, grassroots organizations and trade unions from across Bolivia
took part in the meeting. In the meeting, the diverse organizations of the
Bolivian working class resolved that “the Bolivian people were living a
fascist and racist dictatorship by a usurper self-proclaimed president, who
broke the constitutional order, disrespecting the will of the Bolivian
people.”

They agreed that “the right-wing parties accused the MAS of electoral
'fraud' causing confusion with the help of the Organization of American
States (OAS), to carry out the coup d’état and submit the Bolivian people
to a dictatorship, exempting military and police officials from offense and
liability for their genocidal crimes.”

The Assembly also called on international institutions to take concrete
action to address the crisis in Bolivia. They specifically called on the
United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to
“ take responsibility for the impartial investigation into the genocide
against humanity” and other crimes committed in the week following the coup.

After extensive deliberation, the participants outlined seven resolutions
as a part of their political struggle to recover the government and to
combat the socio-political crisis.

One of the central resolutions was “to maintain the unity of all social
movements, activists and supporters, leaders and former leaders of social
organizations at the national and international level.” The unity is key in
order to “to guarantee the victory of the Bolivian people” in the elections
that will be held in the first quarter of 2020. Evo Morales was appointed
as the campaign leader of the MAS for these elections.

Morales, was in exile in Mexico at the time and has since arrived to
Argentina, thanked social movements for trusting him and promised to win
the elections again. “I’m grateful for the trust shown by appointing me as
a campaign leader. We will choose a unitary candidate and we will win the
election in the first round again. Thank you for not abandoning me, I will
always be with you all. Together we will continue making history as we have
until now. United we will win!,” he tweeted.

Until now, MAS has not nominated anyone to serve as candidate for president
and vice-president, although some names have been proposed. Among them are
Andrónico Rodríguez, vice president of the Six Federations of the Tropic of
Cochabamba; Adriana Salvatierra, former president of the Senate; Luis Arce,
former economy minister; José Alberto Gonzales, former president of the
Senate, Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé, former ambassador of Bolivia in Holland and
Diego Pary and David Choquehuanca, both former foreign ministers. The MAS
formula will be defined in the next assembly, which will be carried out in
the city of El Alto in two weeks.

The MAS assembly also resolved to demand that the Plurinational Legislative
Assembly initiate a trial against the self-proclaimed president Jeanine
Áñez, the interior minister of the de-facto government Arturo Murillo and
other government and military officials for genocide, torture, racism,
discrimination and other crimes against humanity.

They agreed to create a MAS Human Rights Commission that would follow-up on
the cases of selective prosecution and human rights violations during
Áñez’s dictatorship. The commission would also defend the freedom of
expression of community and intercultural media.

The meeting also agreed to demand that the Plurinational Legislative
Assembly accelerate the election process of the members of the Supreme
Electoral Court of Bolivia in an impartial and transparent manner, with
honest professionals who can guarantee intercultural democracy and clean
elections.

It was also resolved that the Pact of Unity (a national alliance of
Bolivian grassroots organizations), the Bolivian Workers’ Center and other
national organizations should take the decisions, resolutions and proposals
decided on in the assembly and organize departmental and regional
assemblies of MAS along with social organizations.

Participants promised to give continuity to the process of change with the
patriotic agenda for 2025.

They also demanded the immediate approval of the Constitutional Guarantees
Act and that the state of emergency is maintained throughout the country.

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