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Weekly Report - 06 March 2014 (WR-14-09)

BOLIVIA: Justice remains trying for Morales

The enormity of the challenge facing Bolivia’s new justice minister Elizabeth Gutiérrez, who was appointed at the end of January to tackle the crisis in the judiciary, is becoming increasingly apparent. The resignations of the presidents of both the constitutional court (TC) and supreme court of justice (CSJ), in less than a month has left the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) government of President Evo Morales forced to acknowledge that the unprecedented popular elections held in 2011 to pick 56 top judicial officials, have largely failed to bring about much change. Allegations by judicial officials of “interference” by the executive which have subsequently emerged – long an opposition complaint – could pose further uncomfortable questions for Morales ahead of the October 2014 general elections.

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