Morales and Opponents Defend Bolivia’s Unity

Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, along with the governors of the opposition agreed last week to create a national charter that would prevent the country from further disintegration. Four out of nine governors of the State Departments have declared autonomy in protest to the new Constitution and its plans to redistribute profit from the countries natural resources to the indigenous populations of Bolivia.

The Bolivian’s main suspicions of President Morales’ new Constitution is that the President is trying to gain the indigenous population’s support as a means to bring across his personal agenda. Moreover, adversaries are accusing President Morales of following Venezuela’s President Chavez’s footsteps, because the new Constitution has been approved without the presents of the oppositions group in the Constituent. Until there is further compromises and negotiations between President Morales and the governors, the charter cannot be solidified into permanent legislation.

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