The former president of Bolivia, Evo Moralesdecided not to appear before the prosecutor’s office that had summoned him this Thursday to give his testimony in the investigation he faces for the alleged abuse of a minor during his mandate.
Morales “It will not be presented, until the process is regularized”lawyer Nelson Cox told the press. According to the defense, the case against his client is “illegal” because the justice system already investigated and filed the same complaint in 2020.
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Evo Morales, who governed Bolivia between 2006 and 2019received a summons last Tuesday to testify before a prosecutor from the department of Tarija who is investigating him for the crimes of “rape, trafficking and human smuggling.”
“They are reactivating a process illegally and we have let them know that irregularity to the public ministry“Cox stressed.
Now a bitter opponent of the government he previously supported, Morales denies the accusations and attributes them to judicial persecution of the president. Luis Arcewith whom the ruling party’s nomination for the 2025 elections is disputed.
“The traitor government has unleashed a judicial war, the criminalization of social protest and the persecution of the political opposition to try to ban us,” he added.
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The Minister of Justice, César Sileswarned that Evo Morales could be arrested if he refused to comply with the prosecutor’s summons.
“Any subpoena order states in its text that, in case of non-appearance, the arrest warrant will be issued“, held.
The scandal that could put the influential coca leader behind bars dates back to 2015, when, according to the complaint being investigated by the prosecutor’s office, Morales became involved with a 15-year-old minor, with whom he had a daughter in 2016.
(With information from AFP)
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