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Weekly Report - 24 May 2007
BOLIVIA: Morales clashes with judiciary
The government of President Evo Morales presented a document entitled "Towards a new justice system in Bolivia" to the media on 23 May. It contained 50 pages of studies by groups such as the Red Anticorrupción de Bolivia and the Comisión Andina de Juristas, as well as the results of the government's own investigations, which uphold comments by Morales this week that the judiciary is the most corrupt entity in Bolivia. The document's publication was designed to escalate the pressure on the constitutional tribunal (TC) which earlier this month delivered an adverse ruling on four supreme court (CSJ) justices appointed by Morales by decree in December.
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