Bolivian President Evo Morales resigns after fierce election backlash

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Leader steps down after report finds ‘serious irregularities’ in vote

Questions were raised when an official fast count by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal abruptly stopped in the evening after the vote, with almost 84 per cent of the count complete.However after a near 24-hour pause to the count, the data was updated the following evening, this time showing Mr Morales with more than a 10-point lead, handing him an outright victory.

 

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The leader faced mounting pressure to resign after the Organisation of American States (OAS) found “serious irregularities” in the 20 October presidential electi​on vote.

About Bolivia, there is no sign of journalism in mainstream media today

“fierce election backlash” is a funny way to write “military directly pressured him to resign, much like in a coup”

important to mention that no auditing, not even that of the OAS, has yet to prove definitively that there even was any electoral fraud:

Great day 👍🏻

After he committed fraud! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

That’s one way of saying it. Will have to go to social media to find the truth.

*Forced by the military to resign

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