Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Legal News Blogs -> JURIST - The Paper Chase

Legal News

: JURIST - The Paper Chase

Bolivia president to continue hunger strike until final version of election law passed

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] Bolivian President Evo Morales vowed Sunday to continue a hunger strike until the Bolivian National Congress approves the final details of a new election law. Morales declared himself on hunger strike Thursday until congress passed the law because the 60-day period decreed in the new Bolivian constitution had lapsed earlier in the week. The congress approved the general framework on Thursday but has not yet agreed on the final details, though 67 out of 84 articles have been approved. The law will regulate election of the congress, president, and vice-president of Bolivia. In February, Bolivia's new constitution went into effect, after being approved by national referendum in January. Other measures adopted by the constitution include land reform and regulations on single farms to limit acreage to 12,400 and placing economic and social requirements on them.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).