Bolivian President Luis Arcewarned this Monday that “never” a new loss of territory will be allowed in Bolivia. This is in reference to the proposal of some leaders of the Santa Cruz region to “review” the relationship of that region with the State.
“Those who today, due to circumstantial political interests, insist on reviewing the relationship with the bolivian stateTo put it in their own words, they must understand that the Bolivian people, together with their glorious Bolivian Navy, will never allow a new loss of territory under any pretext,” the president said in an act for the 196th anniversary of the Bolivian Navy.
On November 13, during the 23rd day of the indefinite strike in Santa Cruz a massive citizen council was held in which it was established to delegate to the Santa Cruz civic committee “the call for a constitutional commission” to “review the future political relationship” of that region with “the Bolivian State”.
“Today we face that mentality, when the Bolivian population is manipulated to defend particularisms as if the well-being of a region were at odds with the well-being of the rest of the country,” Arce added in his speech.
The president questioned those who “incite confrontation between Bolivians, using a caricatured version of federalist regionalism.”
“Bolivia It is bigger than a farm, no matter how much the anti-patriotic elites find it hard to accept it. Inciting confrontation between Bolivians using a caricatured version of federalist regionalism, causing pain and death should outrage us all, especially when we are still struggling to overcome the terrible effects of the pandemic and a de facto government that dedicated itself to assaulting the public treasury “, he pointed.
Santa Cruz held an indefinite strike for 36 days from October 22 to demand that the census be carried out in 2023, despite the fact that the Government set it for March 23, 2024, however, it continued with this measure of pressure to promote the approval of a law that would establish the distribution of resources and parliamentary seats with the “total” results of the survey.
Approval of law has generated fractures
“With some MAS-IPSP assembly members we have had a different look at the conflict and the way to resolve it, but that does not mean that we are enemies,” President Arce stressed in the face of criticism. However, his mentor and MAS leader, former President Evo Morales (2006-2019), criticized him for giving in to opposition pressure.
“The promulgation of the census law by our brother President Luis Arce will be a historic error,” the former president said via Twitter.
(With information from Europa Press)
