Elections in Bolivia: Difference between revisions

On February 21, 2016, Bolivian voters rejected<ref>{{cite web|title=Referendo constitucional 2016: Resultados preliminares|url=http://www.oep.org.bo/resultados/|website=Órgano electoral plurinacional|publisher=Tribunal Supremo Electoral|accessdate=11 March 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312025841/http://www.oep.org.bo/resultados/|archivedate=12 March 2016|df=}}</ref> an amendment to the [[Constitution of Bolivia|country's constitution]] that would have allowed President [[Evo Morales]] and Vice President [[Álvaro García Linera]] to run again for re-election in 2019. The amendment, if approved, would have removed Article 168 of the constitution, which allows these officeholders to put themselves forward for re-election only once. The proposed constitutional reform was approved by a combined session of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly on September 26, 2015, by a vote of 112 to 41.<ref>{{Cite web| title = La ALP sancionó la Ley de Reforma parcial de la CPE| work = Vicepresidencia del Estado| accessdate = 2015-11-06| date = 2015-09-26| url = http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/La-ALP-sanciono-la-Ley-de-Reforma-parcial-de-la-CPE}}</ref> Law 757, which convenes the February referendum, was passed 113 to 43, and was promulgated on November 5, 2015.<ref name=R>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/26/us-bolivia-presidency-idUSKCN0RQ0SL20150926 Bolivia passes law to allow Morales to run for fourth term] Reuters, 25 September 2015</ref> On February 24, Morales accepted the defeat of the proposed constitutional reform.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Casey|first1=Nicholas|title=Bolivian President Concedes Defeat in Term-Limit Referendum|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/world/americas/bolivian-president-evo-morales-concedes-defeat-in-term-limit-referendum.html?_r=0|accessdate=11 March 2016|work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=24 Feb 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bolivia's Morales admits loss in referendum on term limits|url=httphttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35651063|accessdate=11 March 2016|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=24 Feb 2016}}</ref>