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Andean Group - August 2015 (ISSN 1741-4466)

POLITICS: New electoral court

With referenda due in September to ratify autonomy statutes in five of Bolivia’s nine departments (La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro, Chuquisaca and Potosí), the need to address a crisis in the supreme electoral court (TSE) is a priority for the government led by President Evo Morales. In July, the 166-member plurinational bicameral legislature selected six of seven new magistrates for the TSE, with the other selected by President Morales, as per a 2010 law.

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