Bolivian court docket finds ex-president Anez responsible of coup

A Bolivian court docket discovered former President Jeanine Anez responsible of orchestrating a coup to return into energy throughout a 2019 political disaster.

Bolivia’s former interim President Jeanine Anez holds a protecting face masks as she is detained at a FELCC (Special Force to combat in opposition to Crime) jail in La Paz, Bolivia, March 13, 2021. (Reuters Photo)

A Bolivian court docket discovered former President Jeanine Anez responsible on Friday of orchestrating a coup that introduced her to energy throughout a 2019 political disaster.

She was sentenced to 10 years in jail.

Anez, 54, was convicted of creating “decisions contrary to the constitution” and of “dereliction of duty.”

The prosecution mentioned Anez, then a right-wing senator, violated norms that assure the constitutional and democratic order after Bolivia’s 2019 presidential elections.

Bolivia has been cut up over whether or not a coup occurred when then-President Evo Morales resigned in 2019, with Anez ascending to the presidency amid a management vacuum left in his wake. Morales’ departure adopted mass protests over a disputed election through which he claimed to win a controversial fourth consecutive time period in workplace.

Anez maintains she is harmless.

The contentious case has additional uncovered the fault traces in a deeply divided nation whereas additionally fueling considerations concerning the judicial course of in Bolivia.

“We are concerned about how this case has been pursued. And we call on superior courts to examine how the proceedings were conducted,” Cesar Munoz, senior researcher for the Americas at Human Rights Watch, mentioned in an interview earlier than the decision.

Anez was not allowed to attend the trial in particular person, as an alternative following the listening to and collaborating from jail. She has been detained since her arrest in March 2021 on preliminary prices of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy.

“We are concerned about how this case has been pursued. And we call on superior courts to examine how the proceedings were conducted,” Cesar Munoz, senior researcher for the Americas at Human Rights Watch, mentioned in an interview earlier than the decision.

Anez was not allowed to attend the trial in particular person, as an alternative following the listening to and collaborating from jail. She has been detained since her arrest in March 2021 on preliminary prices of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy.