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EVO MORALES SUSPENDS HUNGER STRIKE
Congress approves new electoral
law
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PAZ. – Bolivian President Evo Morales ended his
hunger strike on Tuesday minutes after Congress
approved a new Electoral Transition Law, which will
guarantee the general elections on December 6.
At a press conference in the Presidential Palace,
where he has led this measure of pressure since last
Thursday together with 13 leaders of social
organizations, Morales thanked those who supported
his protest and announced that the law will be
enacted in a public event at 8:00 AM.
"The people must not forget that processes of
change are achieved through struggle. We cannot
guarantee this revolutionary process alone, but it
is possible with the strength of the people," he
emphasized.
The law, approved by legislators after several
days of debates and obstacles by the opposition,
also allows for regional elections in April 2010.
Morales had proposed drawing up a new biometric
electoral register, which left the opposition
without any argument for blocking the law passing
through Congress.
The day before, leaders of the National
Coordination Committee for Change and the Bolivian
Workers’ Central Organization called on their
support bases to hold a massive demonstration on
Tuesday in Plaza Murillo, facing Parliament, to
demand the passing of the electoral law, which they
will now celebrate with their president. (PL)
Translated by Granma International
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