Former President Carlos Mesa will testify in the event of an alleged coup

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(CNN Spanish) -

Former President Carlos Mesa announced this Wednesday that he will attend the summons of the Bolivian Public Ministry to testify as a witness on the events that occurred on November 10, 2019, when then-President Evo Morales resigned after 21 days of protests.

Morales supporters assure that a coup d'etat occurred that day because Morales, who aspired to renew his mandate thanks to a controversial ruling from the Constitutional Court, which enabled him to present his candidacy despite losing a referendum on that issue in February 2016 , was forced to leave his post after the head of the Armed Forces asked him to resign.

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Mesa accused Evo Morales of creating the biggest electoral fraud in democracy and inventing a case to destroy the opposition and himself.

“Morales is the author of the greatest electoral fraud in democracy and of having mocked the Bolivian people on F21 by not respecting his decision against his indefinite re-election.

Not satisfied with these irreparable damages, he decided to subordinate the interests of the country and the dramatic health and unemployment problems that citizens face to his own interest, which is none other than his unhealthy obsession to return to the presidency at any cost.

For this he wants to whitewash the fraud he perpetrated by inventing a non-existent coup ”.

For its part, the government, through the Minister of Justice Iván Lima, offered guarantees to Mesa for his statement before the prosecution, and announced that it will not request his preventive detention.

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The hearing will take place this Thursday.