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Weekly Report - 20 August 2009 (WR-09-33)
BOLIVIA: New executive onslaught against the judiciary
Bolivia's institutional crisis is plumbing new depths as the
executive and the legislature come together to dismantle what is left of the
upper echelons of the judiciary. As impeachment proceedings begin in congress
against the suspended president of the supreme court, the executive has
announced that accusations will be filed against seven supreme court justices.
In both cases, the magistrates are being faulted for not bowing to the will of
the executive.
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