“Life is the supreme value and while I am president I will do everything in my power, without compromising my principles, so that the people’s blood is not spilled. And with this foundation, we promulgate this law listening to the people,” mentioned Luis Arce in a convention broadcast by the state channel Bolivia TV.
In his handle, the president reviewed the negotiation between representatives of Santa Cruz and the Government, and the financial injury of the protests in that province, which he estimated at US$1.2 million as a result of strike.
On November 29, the norm was debated within the Senate for greater than 5 hours and permitted with 21 votes in favor out of a complete of 36.
Previously, on November 19 it was permitted within the Chamber of Deputies, which allowed lifting the work stoppage within the division of Santa Cruz (east), which by then had been occurring for 36 days.
“The law that was approved in Congress is not from the right, it was raised by the left, and it does not violate powers. It is a law for the application of census results,” he identified.
The outcomes of the census will enable a redistribution of financial assets and parliamentary seats, which is presently executed with knowledge from the final census, carried out in 2012.
Santa Cruz, the financial and industrial capital of the nation, is a bastion of political opposition to the Government.
The Population and Housing Census, established within the Bolivian Constitution to be carried out each ten years, was initially scheduled for November 16, 2022, however was postponed for technical causes till 2024, which generated the battle.
With data from Sputnik