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Bolivian Civil Committee urges postponement of September elections over COVID-19

Sucre, July 22 (Sputnik) Bolivia's National Civil Committee wantson Wednesday said that the general elections scheduled for September 6 be pushed back due to the threat of the spread of the coronavirus, media reported.
In June, interim President Jeanine Anez signed the legislation scheduling the general election for September 6 under pressure from other candidates accusing her of stalling the process to retain power. Anez called on key candidates — ex-President Evo Morales, Luis Arce from Morales' Movement for Socialism, and ex-President Carlos Mesa — to assume the responsibility for holding the general election amid the pandemic, stressing she had not received any scientific rationale proving that the vote may be held.
According to the country's El Deber newspaper, the committee demands that the organization of the September elections be declared invalid and be held when all entities responsible for their technical and medical part consider it safe.
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