Bolivia Constitutional Reform: Everyone Wants It, Except President Paz
Everyone in Bolivia is talking constitutional reform, from a recall referendum to an 11-point blueprint. But President Paz is spending his political capital on a regional energy deal instead. The post Bolivia Constitutional Reform: Everyone Wants It, Except President Paz appeared first on The Rio Times .
Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz has not led a push for constitutional reform despite the conversation surrounding it. Instead, he has been focusing on regional energy deals with Argentina and Paraguay, aiming to create an energy 'pool' anchored in Bolivia's Chaco. Nine months into his term, his main agenda is to rework the hydrocarbons framework and promote Bolivia as a regional energy hub within the existing constitution, inherited from Evo Morales' plurinational model.
The most detailed reform plans come from opposition figures. Carlos Alarcon proposed an extraordinary recall referendum, while Samuel Doria Medina presented an 11-point plan that would end presidential re-election, scrap popular elections for judges, and eliminate the Plurinational Constitutional Court. Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga, interim president in 2001 and 2002, leads the opposition Libre alliance, which is currently challenging Paz's decrees in the assembly and through unconstitutionality suits.
The President's energy focus and the opposition's push for reform highlight two distinct tracks in Bolivia's political landscape.
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