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Tarija Ruling Party Warns Against Attempts to Govern from Departmental Assembly
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Tarija Ruling Party Warns Against Attempts to Govern from Departmental Assembly

From El Deber · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A faction of Bolivia's ruling party in Tarija has warned Alianza Patria against attempting to govern from the Departmental Legislative Assembly.
  • The ruling party accuses Alianza Patria of seeking to destabilize the governor's administration, which they claim was elected with over 70% of the vote.
  • The dispute arises after Alianza Patria questioned the governor's management regarding economic reactivation and social programs.

A faction within Bolivia's ruling party in Tarija has issued a strong warning to Alianza Patria, a group associated with the Vice-Minister of Autonomies, Adrián Oliva. The warning concerns alleged attempts by Alianza Patria to "govern" from the Departmental Legislative Assembly (ALD) of Tarija. Members of the Camino Democrático para el Cambio (CDC) party, which is part of the ruling coalition, stated they will not permit such actions.

We will not allow the attempt to 'govern' from the Departmental Legislative Assembly.

— Camino Democrático para el Cambio (CDC)Statement from the ruling party faction in Tarija regarding Alianza Patria's actions.

Asambleístas from the CDC expressed that Alianza Patria is attempting to destabilize the administration of Governor María René Soruco. They emphasized that Soruco was elected with a significant mandate, securing over 70% of the vote in the departmental elections. The CDC faction asserted that a temporary parliamentary majority does not grant any group the right to usurp the governor's authority from the legislative body.

Patria seeks to destabilize the management of Governor María René Soruco, who was elected with more than 70% of the vote.

— Camino Democrático para el Cambio (CDC)Accusation leveled by the ruling party against Alianza Patria.

The tension escalated following statements made by Rodrigo Delgado, the head of the Alianza Patria bloc. Delgado criticized Governor Soruco's management, noting a lack of economic reactivation and continuity in social programs like the food basket and Prosol after more than 100 days in office. This criticism appears to have triggered the strong reaction from the ruling party's assembly members.

A circumstantial parliamentary majority does not grant anyone the right to 'govern' Tarija from the legislative entity.

— Camino Democrático para el Cambio (CDC)Assertion by the ruling party regarding the limits of legislative power.

CDC assembly member Mario Cavero criticized Delgado's stance, comparing the attempt to govern from the assembly to the "clumsiness" of the MAS party in the past. Cavero accused Alianza Patria of aiming to "block, destabilize, and create obstacles" for Governor Soruco's nascent administration. Another CDC assembly member, Octavio Flores, echoed this sentiment, stating that Alianza Patria's position contradicts the legitimate mandate given by the people of Tarija to Governor Soruco.

If they seek to govern Tarija from the Legislative Assembly, it means clumsiness in the purest style of the MAS in the past.

— Mario CaveroCDC assembly member criticizing Alianza Patria's strategy.
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Originally published by El Deber in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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