Andean Group - November 2012 (ISSN 1741-4466)

A ruling last month by Bolivia’s plurinational constitutional court (TCP) against both the crime of desacato (defaming a public official), as well as the retroactive application of the controversial 2010 anti-corruption law, Ley Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, have been hailed by international organisations such as the United Nations and Organization of American States (OAS) as steps forward for Bolivian justice. President Evo Morales is also pointing to the election of Ramiro Guerrero Peñaranda as the new attorney general as a sign of progress: the post had been filled on an interim basis since 2006. The ever fractious political opposition has, however, proven less receptive to Guerrero’s appointment given his past links to the ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS).

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