Bolivian justice minister warns ex-president Mesa he will face trial over 2019 crisis
"What he did is a crime, it's called a false accusation and complaint. There is very little left for Bolivian justice to finish investigating these events and the previous accusers will be charged," said Iván Lima during of a TV show. The Bolivian Minister of Justice, Iván Lima warned former… Bolivian Justice Minister Iván Lima has warned former President Carlos Mesa that he will face trial over the 2019 crisis which ended with the departure of the then president, Evo Morales. Lima said that the people surveyed who and have led to the confrontation of the country cannot go unpunished for having committed human rights violations and violated the Bolivian Constitution. President Luis Arce maintained that Morales’ fraud “has never been proven” and that after the 2019 elections a “coup” took place. The ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) returned to power in the 2020 elections after winning 55% of the vote.
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“What he did is a crime, it’s called a false accusation and complaint. There is very little left for Bolivian justice to finish investigating these events and the previous accusers will be charged,” said Iván Lima during of a TV show.
The Bolivian Minister of Justice, Iván Lima warned former President Carlos Mesa (2003-2005) this Sunday that he “misses very little” before he is tried for the 2019 crisis which ended with the departure of the then president, Evo Morales.
“What he did is a crime, it is called a false accusation and complaint. There is very little left for the Bolivian justice to finish investigating these facts and the previous accusers will be indicted” Lima said on a Bolivian TV show.
“Because what they did was to harm democracy and to seek, through a theory that has never been proven (of fraud), a serious affectation of Bolivian democracy,” continued the head of the justice of the Latin American country.
The minister pointed out that “It is a page that must be closed, but based on this concept: memory, truth and justice.” Thus, he added that the people surveyed, whoand “have led to the confrontation of the country”, they cannot go unpunished for having committed human rights violations and violated the Bolivian Constitution.
In October 2019, Morales left office and left the country after allegations of electoral fraud by the Organization of American States (OAS), and the army statement. The crisis triggered clashes between supporters and detractors of the indigenous leader and with the security forces which left 30 people dead.
After a year of interim presidency of Jeanine Añez, then “number two” in the Senate, the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) returned to power in the 2020 elections after winning 55% of the vote . President Luis Arce maintained that Morales’ fraud “has never been proven” and that after the 2019 elections a “coup” took place.