2024-07-22 16:26:13
Morales went further and said that Luis Arce “lied and deceived with this self-coup,” while the general behind this military uprising “will be released in six months.”
Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia, expressed his doubts after the military uprising carried out by former general Juan José Zúñiga against the administration of Luis Arce and suggested that it would be a “self-coup.”
In his Sunday program on Kawsachún Coca radio, the former president accused that “Lucho deceived the Bolivian people and the entire world with this coup or self-coup.”
The leader of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) showed his distance from the so-called “attempted coup d’état” and that the call made to him by President Arce in the midst of the military uprising “was a false solidarity.”
“There are several details here, initially until Wednesday night, even on Thursday morning, I thought it was a coup, but now I am confused, it seems like a self-coup,” emphasized Evo Morales.
Morales went further and said that Luis Arce “lied and deceived with this self-coup,” while the general behind this military uprising “will be released in six months.”
For the coca growers’ leader, this coup was planned by his former ally to rise in the polls and “victimize himself with crocodile tears.”
In this way, Evo Morales supported the statements of former general Juan José Zúñiga, who during his detention stated that his actions were ordered by the head of state himself.
“At La Salle school, I met with the president and the president told me that the situation was really bad, that this week would be critical and that it was necessary to prepare something to boost my popularity,” said the soldier.
Zúñiga added that “I asked him: should we take out the armored vehicles? and he (Arce) answered ‘take them out’”