La Paz, June 12, 2022 (AFP) – The Bolivian opposition will appeal to international organizations to call for demonstrations against the 10-year prison sentence given to former interim president Jeanine Áñez for the disorderly takeover of power following the resignation of Evo Morales. Bolivia in 2019.
“It will be challenged and we will go international as well,” Carolina Rivera, the former president’s daughter, told the Panamericana channel. One of these bodies would be the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR).
“There is no justice in Bolivia. The justice body is subject to political power. You cannot go to any office of the state because they have all been taken over by the ruling party, Movement for Socialism (MAS),” Rivera said.
“We are carrying out a series of actions on the street and at the international level,” said Manuel Morales, particularly with the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS). opposition National Committee for the Defense of Democracy (Conade).
Morales also confirmed the upcoming performances in Cochabamba on 21 June and in Tarija a day later.
“Justice accused and convicted my mother of the types of crimes that had been revoked and changed,” Ribera complained. Áñez was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for failing to comply with duties and orders that violate the Constitution and the law.
Meanwhile, the government was partially satisfied with the sentence, but left open the possibility of an appeal so that the sentence could be increased to 15 years, as requested by the Public Ministry.
“It is regrettable that it sets a historical precedent. It is clear that no one can assume the sovereignty of the people or come to power by violating the Constitution and laws,” Presidential Minister María Nela Prada told state television. .
source: Noticias
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