Morales delivered a speech from the Chapare region on Wednesday, on the Bicentennial of Independence, in which he reiterated his criticism of the Government of President Luis Arce and called for political action.

He accused, during his speech, the current Executive and state power structures of seeking to reconstruct an elite democracy, as occurred in 2006.

“A democracy without the people that denies us the right to elect and be elected,” the first Bolivian former indigenous leader stated, referring to his exclusion from the presidential race following a decision by the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal.

He considered that behind the “proscription of the people’s political movement” lie the same interests that previously promoted “looting and the coup d’etat,” referring to the 2019 post-election unrest, which led to his resignation following a Police mutiny and the warning from former Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Williams Kaliman.

Morales reiterated, “The null vote is a form of rejection of an election with nullity indications.”

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