New Bolivia leader rules Morales out of election

15/11/2019 3:43

        Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez says that former President Morales' political party can participate in a new presidential vote. But she says that Morales will not be allowed to do so. It’s unclear whether Bolivian election officials would have to formally bar Morales from running in a new election. Morales resigned at military prompting following massive nationwide protests over alleged fraud in an election last month in which he claimed to have won a fourth term in office. An Organization of American States audit of the vote found widespread irregularities. Much of the opposition to Morales sprang from his refusal to accept a referendum that would have forbidden him from running for a new term.