translated from Spanish: Criticism of Bolivia’s justice emerges after overturning order against Evo Morales

The opposition and analysts on Tuesday questioned Bolivian justice and accused her of favoring former President Evo Morales, exiled in Argentina, after an arrest warrant against him was overturned. Meanwhile, a legislative assembly commission dominated by the Socialism Movement (MAS) – Morales’ party – accelerates the approval of two trials against the government of Interim President Jeanine Añez.” This is to pave morales’ return, this is the first step… while the blues (MAS) are already starting their witch hunt with those who think differently with the help of justice,” said Gonzalo Barrientos, critical deputy to the Morales.La eve of the arrest warrant against Morales was left with no effect “because the former president was not properly quoted,” said Judge Jorge Quino, holder of the Court of Justice of La Paz, where the claim for sedition and terrorism brought by the Ministry of Gobierno.La justice had previously overturned another order of apprehension against former Minister of Justice Hector Arce Zaconeta over alleged electoral fraud in the October 2019 elections.The former minister is currently a refugee at the Mexican embassy in La Paz along with six other former morales government officials following the social outburst after the election that left 36 deceased and forced Morales to resign the presidency after nearly 14 years of rule. Morales has at least eight processes before Bolivian justice. Among them, demand for audio purportedly heard instructing his followers to “fence cities” to prevent food from entering during protests a year ago. From Argentina, the former representative said he wants to return to the country after his former economy minister, Luis Arce, won last October 18. In the days of Arce’s assumption, the Legislative Assembly announced that it invited Morales.Barrientos also criticized that in the last days of his tenure the Assembly would try to prosecute Añez by a decree in which he freed law enforcement from blame during the conflicts, which the ruler then left without effect, and for the deceased in clashes between Morales’ supporters and the military.” It’s a nefarious start to re-manipulate justice. With this it seems that the referee changes shirts as if it were a football match and tries to play with the power authority,” La Paz bar president Israel Hugo Centellas told RTP television. For her part, the former constitutional court, Silvia Salame, explained that both Morales and the former minister of justice still have open criminal proceedings and must defend themselves.” Justice is for everyone, because you can’t apply one justice to friends and another to enemies,” he added.

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