An explosion was recorded on Sunday (17) near the voting center where Bolivia’s candidate for the Popular Alliance, Andronics Rodríguez, intends to vote for the general elections held today in the country.
Witnesses told local vehicles that a strong crash was heard in the rear courtyard of José Carrasco College, in the city of Entre Ríos, in the Cochabamba region.
Police from the Crime Special Force (Felcc) arrived at the scene to gather testimonials and investigate the incident.
Juan Carlos Campero, the prosecutor responsible for the case, told local media that “there was no material or personal damage” and added that “the vote is occurring normally”.
Rodríguez is the best-placed leftist candidate in the polls, being between third and fourth place, behind opponents Samuel Doria Medina, the Alliance Unit, and former President Jorge ‘Tuto’ Quiroga (2001-2002) of the Livre Alliance, who could play an unprecedented second round.
The popular covenant candidate was considered the political heir of former President Evo Morales (2006-2019), but decided to apply on his own, which made the former governor qualify him as “traitor.”
In turn, former President Evo Morales reaffirmed that he does not support any candidate and has no agreement with any political party for the general elections.
Morales appeared early in the town of Villa 14, his voting site, located in the Tropic of Cochabamba, his political and union stronghold, with a pen in hand to “vote null”.
“Until two weeks ago there were possibilities, but there has been intimidation, threat and persecution,” said the former Mandanitor about alleged agreements with other political groups to be a candidate.
The former president also said that his appeal to the Bolivian people is to annul the vote, because without him in the presidential banknot there is no candidate “who represents the people” from Bolivia.
Morales resigned on his sample governing party movement to socialism (but) after losing the legend leadership after almost 30 years.
A constitutional disqualification took the former president of the presidential race. He also tried to enroll in the elections with a “borrowed” party, but could not have his legal registration approved by the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE).
More than 7.5 million people are expected at the polls in Bolivian territory to elect the president, the vice president, and the legislatures of the legislature, and another 369,308 citizens will vote abroad.
