Bolivia police investigate the detonation of an explosive artifact recorded on Sunday morning (17) near the Carrasco School, in the city of Entre Ríos, Department of Cochabamba.
The site was the Electoral College where he should vote Andronics Rodríguez, Senate President and presidential candidate for the Popular Alliance, opposition caption.
The Minister of Government, Roberto Ríos, confirmed the incident and said that the police teams were mobilized to validate the information and identify the perpetrators of the attack. “The police are currently working to confirm the detonation of an explosive artifact,” he said.
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Despite the episode, the government states that the electoral process usually follows in the region, with tables functioning without interruption. However, the minister warned of possible attempts to destabilize, attributing the tension to groups close to former President Evo Morales.
Prison rumors and police reinforcement
According to Ríos, sectors combined with Morales would be setting up surveillance points in the region of between ros, alleging the existence of an alleged arrest order about to be fulfilled – which, according to the government, would be just a “pretext to generate confrontation.”
Due to these indications, the government determined the reinforcement of policing in the region, including access control and the submission of agents to the landscape to prevent blockages and invasions to public institutions after the closing of the ballot boxes.
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Mobilized electorate
According to the Bolivian electoral court, 7.9 million people are able to vote, including about 370,000 voters abroad. The country’s total population is estimated at 11.3 million inhabitants.
Bolivia chooses on Sunday the next president and the composition of the new National Congress – a dispute that, in addition to defining economic directions, can reconfigure the institutional balance after years of political crisis, judicialization of candidacies and clashes between the powers.
