“We condemn the blow against the foundations of democracy, as well as the attack on democratic institutions and the legal government in Bolivia,” the diplomat said, citing a statement from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Kanani repudiating the coup attempt meant how in a short time he. Constitutional government managed to restore law and order and regain the power legally achieved by President Luis Arce, with the popular vote at the polls.
Arce, as president of the Plurinational State, reacted with aplomb to the attempt and appointed Major General José Wilson as the new general commander of the Army, who in his first public intervention ordered the return of all soldiers to the barracks.
Hours earlier, on Wednesday afternoon, troops led by Juan José Zúñiga, who was fired earlier this week as commander of the Bolivian army, stormed the presidential palace in La Paz and took up positions in Plaza Murillo, where government buildings are located. clue.
Zúñiga was arrested and the Attorney General’s Office ordered the initiation of legal actions to begin the criminal investigation against the general and all the other participants in the events that occurred that day and that constitute criminal offenses, according to reports.
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