The Government denies that there was a meeting of authorities last Monday
20 October 2021
Politics
Filtered audio: MAS leadership would seek to accelerate Evo’s return
The Government denies that there was a meeting of authorities last Monday
The audio of a conversation that would have been recorded on Monday afternoon and that was released last night by the program “Bunker Cabildo Digital” reports on an alleged plan of the leadership of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) to return former President Evo Morales to power instead of Luis Arce, through general elections.
In that recording, we can hear two people whose voices were distorted in such a way that they are not recognized. They speak of a meeting supposedly held that morning and in which Arce, several of his ministers, and the Bolivian Ambassador to the OAS, Héctor Arce Zaconeta, participated.
In the audio, it is also said that the Minister of Defense, Edmundo Novillo, was the one who would have transmitted to the other participants of the meeting Morales’s decision that they cannot wait four more years to change the president and, therefore, it is necessary to move forward the elections.
This criterion coincides with the impulse that has been given in recent days to the theory of the coup d’État through different legal instruments with the aim of annulling the case called “Electoral fraud”.
Bunker Cabildo Digital is disseminated through social networks and, as asserted last night by its presenters, Virginio Lema and Agustín Zambrana, certified the veracity of the voices and their source, who asked to remain anonymous.
Sources from the Ministry of Government assured CORREO DEL SUR yesterday that on Monday there was no meeting like the one mentioned in the audio and that the political cabinet, which is convened weekly for that day, was suspended due to the news that marked the agenda, such as an alleged assassination attempt against President Arce.
WHAT DO THEY SAY IN THE AUDIO BROADCAST BY BUNKER [CABILDO DIGITAL]?
This is the second part of the recording, as explained by the hosts of Bunker Cabildo Digital, who announced for today, Wednesday, the presentation of the first [part].
The interlocutors greet each other. And then they say the following:
- Hello, man, how is it brother, how are you?
- Hello, man, how are you? How was the meeting last night?
- At the end, it was in the morning and Chispita (Sparkles), (Eduardo del) Castillo, was there, right?
- Who else has participated?
- (Héctor) Arce, but the other one (Zaconeta), who has arrived from the US.
- Again?
- Yes, and (Edmundo) Novillo was there and the Presi[dent] (Luis Arce) and “la Presi” was also there, which is how we call María Nela (Prada).
- And the Jilata (David Choquehuanca)?
- No.
- Why?
- They said that he is the only one that must be removed and that the decision is already taken, they are going to move forward everything. It has been decided.
- And what did Chispita (Sparkles) say?
- They don’t want that. But it is not about what they want, Evo has already decided that and that also goes because Brazil is getting complicated, Peru is getting complicated, so Evo has to come back, there is no other way because they are complaining about the money, there is no money for salaries, brother. So who is going to pay? Exactly, if we don’t hurry, everything will fall apart.
- And was there someone from the old number 2 or not?
- No, not because Chispita (Sparkles) is the one who represents them, but they believe that they will not call him again. Arce, the one in the US, don’t you see? he is the one that’s operating.
- And how will they do it?
- We are going to do everything through the justice, as it has to be. In the end, people will have to say what they want at the polls and once again there we will make the decision on how to do it.
- And are the numbers positive?
- Not today; but a year or four from now, it will be worse.
- When are they going to start the plan?
- It’s already in progress, it’s already in progress. Let’s see what the Jilata (David Choquehuanca) says because he was in several talks in El Alto.
- But you don’t have the people from El Alto. And what about all of them? There are no agreements, there is nothing, brother, what are they going to do there?
- It does not matter, here there is a decision and we have to take it. If Arce wants to stay, they will take his head off.
- And when are they going to come to Cochabamba?
- I think that tomorrow.
- Will all or some come?
- I don’t know, Novillo is going to be there, he has been at the meeting, he has been given the line by Evo.
- I’m leaving, I’ll talk to you later. We’ll talk.
- Take good care of yourself, uh, take good care of yourself.
