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Weekly Report - 27 May 2010 (WR-10-21)

BOLIVIA: Autonomy transition law approved

The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS)-led plurinational legislature last week approved an autonomy transition law, setting out the rules for the new model of decentralization as established by the February 2009 constitution. Approved days before the recently elected local government officials are due to take up their positions on 30 May, the bill, which serves as a stopgap in the absence of a general framework law, is the latest bone of contention with the regional opposition; it contains articles which, the opposition contends, were expressly designed to prevent the governors of Santa Cruz, Tarija and Beni - the three regions which the MAS failed to win in the April vote (out of a total of nine) - from assuming their posts.

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