Military coup in Bolivia: Morales’ appeal to the people to oppose the coup’
Simultaneously with the mobilization of a part of the army unit in Bolivia led by General “Zuniga” for a military coup against the Bolivian government, the former president of this country, “Evo Morales” issued a call to the people of this country to confront the military coup by pouring into the city squares. .
Al Jazeera news channel reported on Wednesday night that the former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, addressed the social movements and all different strata of people in the city and the countryside in this country in his urgent call for popular mobilization and countering the coup to defend democracy against What he called a coup attempt was led by General Zuniga.
On the other hand, Luis Arce, the current president of the Bolivian government, in a statement, condemned the destructive actions of a certain unit of the Bolivian army for the coup and demanded respect for democracy in this country.
Following the military coup in La Paz, the capital of this country, General Zuniga, whom Morales, the former president of Bolivia, accused of attempting a coup, said: “We will take back our homeland.”
Simultaneously with the movements of the coup plotters in La Paz, Reuters reported, citing eyewitnesses in the capital of this country, that the tank of the coup plotters entered the grounds of the National Presidential Palace and now the military has attacked the palace.
Reuters news agency reported that one of the military commanders of the coup announced that a new government will be formed and the army still recognizes Luis Arce as the commander of the country’s armed forces.