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@JaimeAlbarraci7 He has a pending sentence in a public administration case. opinion.com.bo/articulo/cochabamba/candidatura-manfred-duda-tribunal-supremo-justicia-ejecuta-condena/20210218174301808355.html Not an especially meaningful one, in my opinion, and nearly a carbon copy of the case against Rene Joaquino I blogged about a decade ago.Permalink On twitter.com
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@JaimeAlbarraci7 Manfred was (1) prosecuted by the executive, (2) convicted by the judiciary, and (3) disqualified by electoral authorities, under (4) rules that make any public administration charge disqualifying and (5) allow for late-breaking disqualifications.Permalink On twitter.com
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@JaimeAlbarraci7 All I'm saying is that (3) was not an abuse of power. 1 and 2 strike me as politicized, 4 as reasonable in principle but over broad, and 5 as a design that leads to chaos at the polls.Permalink On twitter.com
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@JaimeAlbarraci7 One only has to rewind the calendar by 12 months to find an avalanche of abuses at all these stages against the MAS. And further back to see the same by the MAS against opponents to the right and left.On twitter.com
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@JaimeAlbarraci7 Prosecutors and judges are far to deferential to the current executive office holders, and partisan in their vision of justice, sowing chaos and undermining public confidence.Permalink On twitter.com
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@JaimeAlbarraci7 With that said, if someone had taken the time to investigate Manfred for receiving kickbacks for privatization in 1999, or orchestrating deadly street violence in 2007, these would have been controversial but vital cases. And conviction should have disqualified him for life.Permalink On twitter.com
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@JaimeAlbarraci7 So if the MAS-IPSP government overplayed its hand on municipal automotive purchases, they underplayed it on public corruption. These are might-have-been investigations that could have left a legacy of accountability.Permalink On twitter.com