[NYTr] Bolivia: Morales Wants Vote of Confidence Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 02:59:02 -0600 (CST) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Prensa Latina, Havana http://www.plenglish.com Bolivia to Hold Confidence Vote La Paz, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales plans to present a bill in Congress Thursday to put his performance and mandate of the nine opposition mayors before the people for approval. Morales' unexpected call for a referendum ratifies the democratic character of his management, and corroborates that opposition accusations of authoritarianism are illegitimate. The Bolivian president last night challenged top departmental authorities to be consistent, and submit to the will of the people, who will have the last word over the social changes. C3 Do not be afraid of the people, C3 Morales affirmed, challenging conservative parties to defend their stances with democracy, instead of deceiving the Bolivian people. Morales denounced the opposition is afraid of the referendum, and tries to sabotage the writing of a new Constitution, faced with a possible loss of historic privileges achieved during the dictatorship and neoliberal governments. He stressed he does not intend to remain in power indefinitely, as the real responsibility of elected authorities is reduce individual and regional differences as much as possible. Morales' proposal caused an immediate reaction among his adversaries, many of whom decided to get acquainted with the content of the bill before making a statement. hr dig cmv mf PL-5 * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================