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Breaking: Bolivian presidential candidate Carlos Mesa will not accept OAS audit "under its current terms," criticizes it for being unilaterally agreed to "between OAS and the MAS candidate [i.e., President Morales]." opinion.com.bo/articulo/pais/carlos-mesa-dice-acepta-auditoria-oea/20191030122924734625.html infobae.com/america/america-latina/2019/10/30/carlos-mesa-anuncio-que-no-aceptara-la-auditoria-que-la-oea-pacto-con-el-gobierno-de-evo-morales-sobre-los-resultados-de-las-elecciones-en-bolivia/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Mesa: The audit, as agreed to between the OAS and Evo Morales, lacked consultation with the country as a whole, and consideration of our conditions.
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In this positioning, Mesa is both seeking a way into defining the terms of the election audit, and keeping together the fractious coalition protesting the vote in the streets.