[News] Socialist Presidential Candidate Arce Wins Bolivia's Elections

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  Socialist Presidential Candidate Arce Wins Bolivia's Elections

October 18, 2020
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After midnight on Sunday, Bolivian authorities allowed the results of 
the exit polls to be known. The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) 
presidential candidate Luis Arce obtained 52.4 percent of the votes, the 
Citizen Community (CC) candidate Carlos Mesa got 31.5 percent, and the 
"We Believe Alliance" candidate Luis Fernando Camacho reached 14.1 
percent of the votes.

Bolivia's president-elect Arce thanked the people for their support and 
for their peaceful participation in the electoral process.

“We have recovered democracy and hope. We ratify our commitment to work 
with social organizations. We are going to build a national unity 
government."

Previously, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) spokesperson Sebastian 
Mitchell made an official statement regarding the absence of definitive 
data on the elections. He said that mainstream media 
and exit-polls companies know that Socialist candidate Arce had already 
exceeded 45 percent of the votes.

"Election observers do not understand if the absence of 
information results from inefficiency or if the government is 
implementing a strategy to win two or three days, generate violence, and 
justify a military intervention," Mitchell said.

The Bolivian Socialists' message was categorical and clear: "we call on 
the community to avoid provocations... let's end this nightmare we have 
been living for a year."

A few minutes before the official information was issued, former 
President Evo Morales, who remains a political asylee in Argentina, 
recalled that millions of Bolivians cast their vote peacefully and 
demanded that the coup-born regime led by Jeanine Añez respect the results.

“Yesterday we denounced that the authorities suspended the presentation 
of the results of the exit poll companies. That was suspicious," the 
Socialist leader said

"Everything indicates that the MAS has won the elections and won a 
majority of seats in both chambers," Evo added.

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