The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales (2006-2019), has resigned from the ruling Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS), the party he led for 27 years and with which he governed the country for fourteen, according to his former minister and ally, Teresa Morales. The former minister acknowledged that this decision marks a definitive break with the political organization he himself founded and with which he came to power.
"Evo Morales has no public office and has sent, through a delegate, his resignation to MAS-IPSP," said the former member of Morales's cabinet to reporters. She emphasized that the decision responds to the internal dispute that has divided the membership and to the loss of control of the party in the hands of sectors aligned with the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce.
Morales's resignation occurs in the context of an internal crisis within MAS, after the Supreme Electoral Tribunal validated Grover García as president of the organization, in a ruling backed by the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal. García, elected in a congress held in May 2024 in El Alto, represents the ruling faction led by Arce, which has expanded the fracture in the party.
According to Teresa Morales, Evo's former minister, it is expected that around one million people will leave MAS, which would considerably weaken the party's structure. The former president announced last Thursday his candidacy for the presidential elections on August 17 of this year under the acronym Frente Para la Victoria (FPV), with which he has sealed a strategic alliance, despite the legal obstacle his candidacy faces.
A ruling from the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal in December 2023 prohibits his participation in the elections, a decision ratified by the TSE. Morales's determination to run with another acronym opens a new phase of political confrontation in Bolivia. Although he announced his candidacy, it remains uncertain due to the existing constitutional restrictions.
