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#BoliviaElections The outgoing Bolivian legislature has modified its voting rules by reclassifying 11 matters as requiring a simple majority vote, rather than 2/3 majority.Permalink On twitter.com
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Here is the list of 11 matters that can now be approved by simple majority, and 11 other matters for which 2/3 still applies. eldeber.com.bo/usted-elige/conoce-en-que-situaciones-se-requiere-23-de-votos-y-en-cuales-ya-no_206492Permalink On twitter.com
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The more significant matters switched: closing debate (=ending a filibuster), creating special committees, impugning public officials.Permalink On twitter.com
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This 50%+1 vs. 2/3 majority vote feud has been going on at least since 2006, when the MAS-IPSP and its allies won over 60% of the Constituent Assembly. Opposition legislators staged protests inside the Assembly urging that "2/3 is democracy."Permalink On twitter.com
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Runner-up candidate Carlos Mesa and outgoing president Jeanine Áñez have renewed the claim that simple-majority rule is undemocratic. erbol.com.bo/nacional/mesa-exige-arce-que-haga-reponer-los-dos-tercios-y-advierte-con-impugnaci%C3%B3nPermalink On twitter.com
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Áñez, speaking on a subject on which she has zero credibility, proclaims: "to change the laws so as to rule more is against freedom." @JeanineAnez/1321423490554224647Permalink On twitter.com
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Of understandable concern is the provision allowing the body to modify its rules further by a simple majority vote… eldeber.com.bo/pais/senado-y-diputados-cambian-reglamentos-para-evitar-los-dos-tercios_206392On twitter.com
