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@oddNihilist In this thread, I've followed up on your US analogies, while saying I don't think the situations are the same.Permalink On twitter.com
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@oddNihilist I'm very concerned with potentially dangerous policy choices from the new MAS-IPSP government, primarily in decrees and budget plans. These were executive actions or majority legislation already.Permalink On twitter.com
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@oddNihilist Legislatively, such things could be obstructed if (and only if) MAS legislators regain the willingness to challenge the executive and to be "free thinkers" again. e.g., woborders.blog/2012/01/18/indigenous-bloc/Permalink On twitter.com
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@oddNihilist There is some potential that the shaken snow globe of MAS partisans will be less attached to a singular party leader, and the public endorsement of an organic model, the Political Instrument, before the partisan model contributes to that.Permalink On twitter.com
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@oddNihilist But what we should all know is that, in Bolivia, the really successful objection to executive overreach happens in the streets (and occasionally in referenda): witness the gasolinazo, TIPNIS, the Potosí strikes, etc.Permalink On twitter.com
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@oddNihilist There will be early signals about the Arce-Choquehuanca government's commitment to separation of powers, and IMHO, those will be far more important than the marginal legislative changes made this week.Permalink On twitter.com
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@oddNihilist Because of 2006-2008 and 2019-2020, MAS legislators have a credible fear of overreach by the parliamentary opposition. Some of their people are still in jail.Permalink On twitter.com
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@oddNihilist But yes, I agree that neither these changes, nor Mesa's speedy call for constitutional interventions and a boycott of the inauguration, are signs of a speedy inter-party thaw in Bolivian politics.Permalink On twitter.com
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@oddNihilist On the other hand, the presence of former MAS dissidents in the CC's legislative delegation does present the possibility of bipartisan cooperation over the longer term.On twitter.com
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@oddNihilist And here is where the US analogy is useful: the obstacle to bipartisan collaboration is not the rules of the legislature, but rather the centralization and hyperpartisanship within the political parties. (Some of which may be justified.)Permalink On twitter.com