Bolivian President Luis Arce mentioned on Saturday that he’s clear that the now dismissed and imprisoned former army commander Juan José Zuñiga acted below the affect of somebody who “spoke in his ear” and motivated him to take energy by power, however his plans didn’t materialize as he anticipated.
“He needed to be the president, he needed to overthrow the Authorities, he mentioned it that day, he mentioned that the army needed to get well democracy and rebuild the nation. It was a transparent affront, an announcement from an officer who needed to be in control of the nation,” Arce mentioned in an interview with EFE within the Casa Grande del Pueblo (seat of Authorities), within the middle of La Paz.
Referring to the plans of Zuñiga, in opposition to whom on Friday the Bolivian Justice issued a safety measure of six months in jail within the Chonchocoro jail, Arce identified that his expectations and ambitions led him to imagine that he might assume the Presidency by means of a coup d’état. .
Nevertheless, he’s clear that Zuñiga didn’t act alone, that “somebody whispered in his ear, warmed his ear” and made him imagine that he might assume energy by power, “overthrowing the democratically elected authorities,” he mentioned.
The Bolivian president careworn that, regardless of the efforts of Zuñiga and his followers, together with former Navy commanders Juan Arnez and Marcelo Zegarra of the Air Power, who’re additionally on trial, the operation failed fully.
“It went flawed,” he said, and regardless of the quartering order issued by Zuñiga, the Armed Forces didn’t reply in a unified method and have been additionally unable to seduce the Police.
Arce underlined the complexity of the coup try, mentioning the participation of civilians within the conspiracy, with out daring to present a selected identify.
Arce careworn that the coup try was not an remoted operation and mentioned that at a gathering held on Wednesday hours earlier than the “coup try” on the Bolivian basic workers there weren’t solely energetic and retired army personnel, but in addition civilians.
“There have been additionally civilians at that assembly (…) Evidently there’s something else, which is exactly what’s being investigated,” he mentioned.
Lastly, the president of Bolivia indicated that the response of residents on Wednesday was one other figuring out issue that led to the failure of the “coup try” led by the army.
“It’s clearer than ever that the Bolivian persons are not ready to tolerate one other coup try,” he mentioned.
La Paz / EFE
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2024-07-01 19:06:23