We're in a permanent coop

[rah]

But yeah I don't post links sometimes for the simple fact that every frickin time there is a stupid comment about the source.

Maybe it's the quality of your sources that elicit the stupid comment. Brietbart and Fox new will always solicit a laugh from us.

[giblets]

"Bolivian President Evo Morales steps down following accusations of election fraud"

Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned Sunday amid growing opposition after an international audit found the results of last month's election could not be validated because of "serious irregularities."

Morales said he was stepping down "for the good of the country," which has been roiled by protests in the days following the October 20 election. Three people have died in the protests and hundreds have been injured.

Calls for Morales' resignation had grown over the weekend, and on Sunday, the head of the Bolivian Armed Forces, Cmdr. Williams Kaliman, asked Morales to step down in order to restore stability and peace.

Morales claimed he'd been forced out in a coup -- a charge echoed by his allies in South America, but denied by the opposition movement, which said this was a fight for "democracy and peace."

"I regret this deeply," Morales said on national television. He will send his resignation letter to Congress in the next few hours, he said.

Tensions boil over in Bolivia as protesters claim presidential election was rigged

Demonstrators and the Bolivian opposition had accused electoral authorities of manipulating the vote count in favor of Morales, the country's longtime socialist leader.

Morales denied the allegations and declared himself the winner.

Morales was one of the longest-serving heads of state in Latin America. He served nearly 14 years and was Bolivia's first indigenous president.

He won his first election with a campaign that promised a government focused on the needs of the country's poor. But he was also accused of using the system to concentrate power.

"We have been in the government for 13 years, nine months and 18 days thanks to the unity and the will of the people," Morales said in a statement posted to Twitter. "We are accused of dictatorship by those who lost to us in so many elections. Today Bolivia is a free country, a Bolivia with inclusion, dignity, sovereignty and economic strength."

Celebrations broke out across the country as news of his resignation spread.

Who's next in line

It was unclear Sunday evening who would be Bolivia's next president. The officials next in the presidential line of succession all resigned Sunday.

Vice President Álvaro García Linera announced his resignation minutes after Morales stepped down.

President of the Senate Adriana Salvatierra Arriaza, 30, would have been next in line, according to the Bolivian Constitution. But she, too, announced her resignation Sunday evening.

The job would have passed to President of the Chamber of Deputies Víctor Borda, but he stepped down earlier Sunday.

Speaking to local media, the second vice president of Bolivia's senate, Jeanine Añez, said that she is the next in line to assume the presidency, and is willing to do so.

Añez, an opposition lawmaker, said that she would assume the presidency with the objective of calling for new elections. But it remains unclear how the succession will unfold, or what role the military will play in the transition.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/10/ameri...dit/index.html

Democratically elected president forced to resign by the military. RIP

[Dinner]

Given that he constitutionally wasn't supposed to run for a third term, used a pack court to illegally get around the constitutional limit (I.E. the court wasn't supposed to change the constitution just interpret it and it clearly forbid a third term) then got caught red handed rigging the election which he lost... Well, like most far left populists they come in with great fanfaire but only leave after ****ing everything up and being forced out.

[giblets]

First of all, no, he didn't rig the election

Statistical analysis of election returns and tally sheets from Bolivia’s October 20 elections shows no evidence that irregularities or fraud affected the official result that gave President Evo Morales a first-round victory, researchers and analysts at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) say. Contrary to a postelection narrative that was supported, without evidence, by the OAS Electoral Observation Mission, statistical analysis shows that it was predictable that Morales would obtain a first-round win, based on the results of the first 83.85 percent of votes in a rapid count that showed Morales leading runner-up Carlos Mesa by less than 10 points.

The new paper, “What Happened in Bolivia’s 2019 Vote Count? The Role of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission,” presents a step-by-step breakdown of what happened with Bolivia’s vote counts (both the unofficial quick count, and the slower official count), seeking to dispel confusion over the process. The report includes the results of 500 simulations that show that Morales’s first-round victory was not just possible, but probable, based on the results of the initial 83.85 percent of votes in the quick count.

http://cepr.net/press-center/press-releases/no-evidence-that-bolivian-election-results-were-affected-by-irregularities-or-fraud-statistical-analysis-shows

Second, I didn't know you were an expert on Bolivian constitutional law lol

Just another knee-jerk reaction from "Nazi" Dinner

[ZEE]

Well he uses the 1991 Russian Coup as an example, but that was an authoritarian system collapsing. This would be a Republic collapsing.

I think Italy maintains a very divided Democratic system but we don't know if that can be stable in the US.

This poast in particular is absolutely genius on about 7 different levels. One could in fact write a short novel about all the different methods Kidicious uses here.

[giblets]

I wonder if Dinner works for the CIA

Spoiler:

[Dinner]

First of all, no, he didn't rig the election

http://cepr.net/press-center/press-releases/no-evidence-that-bolivian-election-results-were-affected-by-irregularities-or-fraud-statistical-analysis-shows

Second, I didn't know you were an expert on Bolivian constitutional law lol

Just another knee-jerk reaction from "Nazi" Dinner

Yeah, go **** yourself, loser. Knowing that their constitution only allowed two terms, something widely reported, does not make oneself an expert nor was anything of the sort claimed by me, dumb ass. Second, I think I will trust the OAS over your wordpress blog.

[giblets]

Bolivia's courts ruled that the term limits are illegal. You can claim the courts are "packed", but Bolivia has elected judges, so who was "packing" the courts? Also I didn't link to a wordpress blog lmao OAS is heavily influenced by the USA and the Trump administration

[pchang]

And now, Bolivia’s courts have ruled the new President to be legal.

[Bereta_Eder]

Dinner's problem is that he doesn't consult logic to draw conclusions

I opened this thread to make fun of giblets. the reason trump won but when I see him riling up dinner, he gets a momentary absolution because he contributes a drop to the advancement of humanity against the dark forces of fascism