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There are at least four serious political forces in Bolivia tonight: a catastrophically weakened MAS-IPSP which still won millions of votes, Carlos Mesa/CC that overcame electoral fraud, a rising but regional civic movement, and the shards of the independent left grassroots.
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The last three all demanded that Evo Morales resign, and they got what they demanded in just three weeks.
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But a democratic solution will have to provide a place for what remains of the MAS-IPSP to compete, and an electoral arena for the other forces to sort themselves out.
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The question of who leads the government during the interim is very important and the figure not be affiliated with or partial to any of the four currents.
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Some background… Police mutiny… Election protests woborders.blog/2019/11/09/police-mutiny-critical-point/… woborders.blog/2019/10/29/qa-bolivian-electoral-conflict/ On the vote… woborders.blog/2019/10/22/understanding-the-end-of-the-evo-morales-majority/ Early signs of vote fraud… woborders.blog/2019/10/22/chaos-vote/
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Police mutiny and the beginning of the end: woborders.blog/2019/11/09/police-mutiny-critical-point/ woborders.blog/2019/11/09/evo-on-the-brink/