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2019 Bolivian political crisis

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A political crisis occurred in Bolivia on 10 November 2019, after 21 days of civil protests following the disputed 2019 Bolivian general election in which incumbent President Evo Morales was initially declared the winner. The elections took place after a referendum to amend the Bolivian constitution, which limits the number of terms to two, was rejected in 2016. In 2017 under political pressure and a legal demand from the Morales government, the Constitutional Tribunal (TCP) ruled that all public offices would have no term limits despite what was established in the constitution and allowing Evo Morales to run for a fourth term.The TCP's basis for this anti Constitutional decision was the Pact of San Jose regarding human rights and Article 411 giving international treaties preeminence over the Constitution text itself. Challenges to this 2017 decision made by Bolivian citizens and constitutional experts were subsequently denied by the TCP and at the time of the 2019 election, a query to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (CIDH) was pending. In 2021, the CIDH set the matter to rest in a consultative opinion requested by Colombia, which states that re-election is not a human right. Rather, the decision states that breaking a Constitutional mandate of term limits to allow indefinite re-election attempts agains the human rights of citizens. According to the Bolivian Constitution Articles 13 and 411, this CIDH decision supercedes any contrary ruling by the TCP or Legislative Assembly. It should also be noted that the Constitution of Bolivia does not grant the TCP authority to modify the Constitution itself, rather only to interpret it.

2019 Bolivian political crisis - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Replacement of Evo Morales by Jeanine Áñez 2019 Bolivian political crisis Jeanine Áñez assuming the presidency (left); Evo Morales speaking in Mexico, where he received political asylum (right) Date 10 November 2019 – 20 November 2019 Location La Paz , Bolivia Caused by Possible election fraud in the 2019 Bolivian general election won by incumbent president Evo Morales Methods Barricades , demonstrations , and hunger strikes Resulted in Resignation of incumbent president Morales and his government

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