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Elections in Bolivia were delayed in October as pandemic bites
The Bolivian LA PAZ general election will be postponed until October 18 as the pandemic grips the South American nation, a move that could support tensions between the caretaker Conservative government and former President Evo Morales’s socialist party.
The head of the electoral court said on Thursday that the voting would be postponed from the date set for September 6 to ensure the safety of voters, with hospitals and cemeteries strained under the influence of the virus.
“This election requires the highest possible health security measures to protect the health of Bolivians,” court president Salvador Romero told a news conference in La Paz.
The vote is crucial to the political future of the Andean nation of 11.5 million people after a packed election last year sparked widespread protests and led to the resignation of the country’s long-time left-wing leader Morales.
In a political vacuum and amid deadly street clashes, right-wing lawmaker Jeanine Anez was used to power, vowing to hold new snap elections, originally scheduled for May, before being delayed by the pandemic until September.
Anez is running in the election, while Morales is pulling political wires from exile in Argentina with his Movement for Socialism party, whose candidate Luis Arce leads in several polls.
Morales wrote on Twitter the delay “will only hurt people” and blamed the interim government for its response to the pandemic. He added that the move was unconstitutional and a tactic for his opponents to “gain more time”.
Anez said she would accept the new date.
“Whatever the date, the government calls for promoting economic recovery, fighting the virus and consolidating democracy,” she wrote on Twitter.
The new election timetable will see a second round held on November 29 if there is no clear winner in the first round of voting.
(Reporting by Daniel Ramos; Writing by Adam Jourdan; Editing by Richard Chang)
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