Julio 01, 2005
No Surprises
Via MABB, the latest poll shows city folks' choices for President, if elections were to be held today (which they're not, but we'll get to that later). No one should be surprised that Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga leads, albeit by 1% over the richest man in Bolivia, Samuel Doria Medina.
However, the biggest surprise is that the pollsters asked if ex-President Carlos Mesa was allowed to participate, how many would vote for him. His returns were at 25%, considerably lower than this favorable ratings of the mid 40s, when he left office, but still shows that many think that he will return to the race someday.
Back to when new elections will take place, Evo has asked current President Eduardo Rodriguez to stick around until 2007 and preside over the Constituent Assembly, and partly to delay elections which Evo is sure not to win. He thinks that the Bolivian people need time to forget about Evo's inconsistent positions on things and how he was involved in the toppling of yet another President. I guess he thinks that if the Bolivian people can forget about Hugo Banzer's past deeds and vote for him, then surely they can forget about his years of blockades and outlandish statements.
However, Rodriguez said that no way he would stick around and that he wants elections to come sooner rather than later.
Posted by eduardo at Julio 1, 2005 10:42 AM
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Posted by: jalberto at Julio 2, 2005 02:52 PM