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The European Parliament adopted by 396 votes to 267, with 28 abstentions, a resolution on Bolivia and the arrest of former President Jeanine Añez and other officials.
The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, Renew and ECR groups.
On 13 March 2021 Jeanine Áñez, two of her ministers, former Energy Minister Rodrigo Guzmán and former Justice Minister Álvaro Coimbra, and other individuals who made up the interim government from 2019 to 2020 were detained on charges of ‘terrorism, sedition and conspiracy’, and are accused by prosecutors of taking part in a coup in 2019.
At least 35 people have died and 833 have been injured in the context of widespread and violent protests, and many others have been detained in breach of the rules of due process, amid reports of widespread human rights violations and abuses.
Parliament denounced and condemned the arbitrary and illegal detention of former interim President Áñez, two of her Ministers, and other political prisoners. It called on the Bolivian
authorities to release them immediately and drop the politically motivated charges against them.
The resolution stressed that former President Áñez fully complied with her duty under the Bolivian Constitution as Second Vice-President of the Senate when filling the presidential vacuum caused by the resignation of former President Evo Morales following the violent riots that were triggered by attempted electoral fraud.
Judicial system
The credibility of the Bolivian judicial system is being affected by continuing reports of lack of independence, widespread political interference and corruption.
Parliament denounced the political pressure on the judiciary to persecute political opponents and underlined the importance of upholding due process guarantees and ensuring the judiciary is free of all political pressure.
Bolivia is urged to:
- undertake structural changes and reforms to the judicial system, in particular its composition, without delay, in order to ensure guarantees of fair and credible trials, impartiality and due process;
- undertake structural changes and reforms, including the appointment of an independent and impartial Ombudsperson, to address the root causes of the crises that flared up in the country;
- address the widespread issue of corruption in the country.
Documents
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0156/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0249/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0244/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0245/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0246/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0247/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0248/2021
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0244/2021
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0245/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0244/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0245/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0246/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0247/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0248/2021
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0244/2021
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0245/2021
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0249/2021
Activities
- Dita CHARANZOVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Ryszard CZARNECKI
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Javi LÓPEZ
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Jordi SOLÉ
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- José Ramón BAUZÁ DÍAZ
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Manu PINEDA
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Isabel SANTOS
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Hermann TERTSCH
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS
- Adam BIELAN
- Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
- Carlo FIDANZA
- Raffaele FITTO
- Anna FOTYGA
- Michael GAHLER
- Krzysztof HETMAN
- Karol KARSKI
- Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE
- Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA
- David McALLISTER
- Marisa MATIAS
- Eva MAYDELL
- Javier NART
- Luděk NIEDERMAYER
- Urmas PAET
- Stanislav POLČÁK
- Jiří POSPÍŠIL
- Paulo RANGEL
- Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ
- Ivan ŠTEFANEC
- Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN
- Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
- Romana TOMC
- Inese VAIDERE
- Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA
- Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
- Željana ZOVKO
- Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ
- Peter POLLÁK
- Vladimír BILČÍK
- Olivier CHASTEL
- Marcel KOLAJA
Plenary Speeches (2)
- David LEGA
- Hannah NEUMANN
- Dragoş PÎSLARU
- Michal ŠIMEČKA
- Ramona STRUGARIU
- Loránt VINCZE
- Alexandr VONDRA
- Veronika VRECIONOVÁ
- Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI
- Isabel WISELER-LIMA
- Loucas FOURLAS
- Joanna KOPCIŃSKA
- Frances FITZGERALD
- Bogdan RZOŃCA
- Malik AZMANI
- Vangelis MEIMARAKIS
- Elżbieta RAFALSKA
- Sara SKYTTEDAL
- Janina OCHOJSKA
- Marek BELKA
- Elżbieta KRUK
- Miriam LEXMANN
- Christian SAGARTZ
- Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Rosa D'AMATO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Seán KELLY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ilhan KYUCHYUK
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Gabriel MATO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Frédérique RIES
Institutional Motions (1)
- Bronis ROPĖ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Hilde VAUTMANS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Katalin CSEH
Institutional Motions (1)
- Klemen GROŠELJ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Assita KANKO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Dragoş TUDORACHE
Institutional Motions (1)
- Charlie WEIMERS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Francisco GUERREIRO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Karin KARLSBRO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Karen MELCHIOR
Institutional Motions (1)
- Moritz KÖRNER
Institutional Motions (1)
- Svenja HAHN
Institutional Motions (1)
- Benoît BITEAU
Institutional Motions (1)
- Mounir SATOURI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Vlad GHEORGHE
Institutional Motions (1)
Votes
La Bolivie et l'arrestation de l'ancienne présidente Jeanine Añez ainsi que d'autres personnalités politiques - Bolivia and the arrest of former President Jeanine Añez and other officials - Bolivien und die Festnahme der ehemaligen Präsidentin Jeanine Áñez und anderer Amtsträger - RC-B9-0244/2021 - Am 3 #
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La Bolivie et l'arrestation de l'ancienne présidente Jeanine Añez ainsi que d'autres personnalités politiques - Bolivia and the arrest of former President Jeanine Añez and other officials - Bolivien und die Festnahme der ehemaligen Präsidentin Jeanine Áñez und anderer Amtsträger - RC-B9-0244/2021 - Proposition de résolution #
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