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Jeanine Áñez has attacked MAS-IPSP legislative leaders as "cowards" "without valor" for resigning on November 10, amid a police mutiny and attacks on Borda's home. The only dignified response to this statement is outrage. @noticiasfides/1512460484099944449Permalink On twitter.com
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Áñez is on trial for the irregular assumption of the presidency. The lack of security protection provided to those constitutionally designated as successors, Borda and Salvatierra, is a core issue in the trial.Permalink On twitter.com
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This lying opportunist calls Víctor Borda a coward, when she was escorted by plane to the military protection afforded to Bolivian presidents. Meanwhile, Borda's home was left unprotected and reduced to ashes, while his brother was taken hostage to force him resignation.On twitter.com
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Anyone aware of Borda's resignation knows how it happened. Borda's statement: "I renounce the [presidency of the] Chamber of Deputies; … may God grant that this will preserve the physical integrity of my brother who has been taken hostage."Permalink On twitter.com
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(Under the Bolivian Constitution, the legislative assembly must meet to consider such resignations, which arguably have to be submitted in writing. Áñez convened a session without quorum to proclaim Borda and Salvatierra to have abandoned their offices.Permalink On twitter.com
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And moments later, having take over as president of the Senate, proclaimed herself president. That's why she's on trial.)Permalink On twitter.com
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This is how the home of the president of the Chamber of Deputies burned. The home of the man Jeanine Áñez now calls a coward in her own trial. youtube.com/watch?v=FmbAWO2ne3M&t=6sPermalink On twitter.com
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Anti-MAS Potosinos celebrating the burning of Borda's house. elpotosi.net/local/20191110_prenden-fuego-en-la-casa-de-victor-borda.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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I'm a little angry, but I mean "lying opportunist" as a technically true description. 1. Lying about security forces not shooting any bullets during the largest massacre in a decade @CarwilBJ/1429666386637430787Permalink On twitter.com
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2. Áñez breaking her pledge not to use the interim presidency to run for office: “What may happen with me is what I am least concerned with, what does interest me is what could happen to Bolivia.” By then, the negotiations for her candidacy had already begun.Permalink On twitter.com
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Details here: woborders.blog/2020/01/30/anez-new-ally/Permalink On twitter.com
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Incidentally, Áñez herself stated on November 10, 2019 that the legislature had to convene to consider the resignations. A point detailed in this walkthrough of events of the overthrow of Evo Morales. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t3-e5-los-hilos-del-golpe-reconstruyendo-los-hechos/id1493063945?i=1000529116721Permalink On twitter.com