Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced a state of emergency, which will operate in the country in connection with the mass protests around the vote count in the presidential election.
“We are not going to arrange a confrontation, there will be a state of emergency, peaceful and constitutional mobilization to protect democracy”, – Morales said at a news conference, quoted by Deber.
Currently, according to the results of the calculation of 95.63% of the votes, the current president is Evo Morales with 46.85%, followed by his main rival, ex-president Carlos Mesa with 36.74% of the vote. A 10% difference is enough to win the first round.