Evo Morales stated on his Twitter account that "the current Political Constitution of the State in Bolivia does not prohibit discontinuous reelection." Photo: @evoespueblo
The decision was adopted in the last few hours in an extended session of the Constitutional Court, which will be officially published in the Plurinational Constitutional Gazette.
La Paz, May 15 (RHC)-- The Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP) of Bolivia disqualified former President Evo Morales from running for reelection as president of the South American country on Thursday.
Following a resolution, the TCP affirms that he will not be able to run for president and that presidential reelection, whether continuous, for more than two terms, or discontinuous, is unconstitutional.
"The constitutionality of Article 4.I of the Law on Normative Application - Law 381 of May 21, 2013 -, in accordance with the interpretation made by this constitutional ruling, in relation to Article 168 of the CPE, in the sense that the president and vice president are eligible for reelection only once on a continuous basis; considering that the term 'only once' also implies the limitation on reaching a third term, whether continuous or discontinuous," the resolution states.
Cited by the Bolivian media outlet Ahora el pueblo, the ruling "also declares inadmissible an abstract unconstitutionality action against several articles of the Normative Application Law and the Electoral Regime Law."
The decision was adopted in the last few hours in an extended session of the body, which will be officially published in the Plurinational Constitutional Gazette.
For his part, Evo Morales stated on his Twitter account that "the Political Constitution of the State in force in Bolivia does not prohibit discontinuous reelection. Article 168 of our Constitution establishes: "The term of office of the president and vice president of the State is five years, and they may be reelected only once continuously."
"The Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP), with a majority of de facto judges (illegally self-renewed), through Ruling 007/2025, establishes that no Bolivian citizen may be reelected continuously or discontinuously, violating Article 168 of the Political Constitution of the State (CPE), which only prohibits continuous reelection," said the Bolivian politician.
