Bolivia for the presidential flow contract between the center and the right -wing races Election news

Early results showed that the center Rodrigo Baz takes the initiative, with 32.8 percent of the votes, in sudden results.

Bolivia is heading to a presidential tour between the middle and right candidate, which confirms the end of two decades from the government through the socialist movement (MAS), according to the Electoral Council in South America.

With more than 91 percent of the polling cards on Sunday night, the preliminary results showed Rodrigo Baz of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) in the foreground, with 32.8 percent of the votes.

The former interim president, conservative Jorge “Toto” Kiruja, of Allianza Lieber, was in second place, with 26.4 percent of the vote, which means that he will face Baz, the former son of the former president, Jaimi Baz, in elections on October 19.

Candidates need to exceed 50 percent, or 40 percent with victory margin 10 points, to avoid running.

Latin Numan, Latin America’s editor on the island, who reported Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, said the early results confirmed that Mass, which had ruled the country since 2005, “outside the picture.”

But Newman said that “the biggest surprise” is that “the candidate is only a person who was looking for fourth and fifth so far.”

Neuman added that Baz was “more to the center” more than his father.

Eight presidential candidates in the presidential elections were on Sunday-from the extreme right to the political left.

Pre -election polls, Samuel Doria Medina, a wealthy businessman and former minister of planning, showed as one of the two leaders alongside Kiroja, who served as the temporary president and vice president under the leadership of former military President Hugo Panzer.

Former left -wing president Evo Morales was prevented from running, and the outgoing socialist president, Luis Arles, who fell with Morales, chose from the race.

The division within their left -wing coalition, along with the country Deep economic crisis, It means a little diamond is expected to return to power.

Official results are due within seven days. Voters will also elect all 26 and 130 members of Senate, and officials took office on November 8.

Rising inflation

The country of the Andes has been struggling through the worst economic crisis since a generation, characterized by almost 25 percent annual inflation and a decisive shortage in US dollars and fuel.

The Bolivion has been repeatedly moved to the streets to protest the missile prices and wait for hours of fuel, bread and other basics in the period before Sunday elections.

Bolivia enjoyed more than a decade of strong growth and the original rise in the shadow of Morales, who nationalized the gas sector and pushed the revenues in social programs that passed to severe poverty during his work between 2006 and 2019.

But the lack of new gas projects in the shadow of Morais, who was explicit in environmental issues and ClimateThe gas revenue witnessed a peak of $ 6.1 billion in 2013 to $ 1.6 billion last year.

With other major resources in the country, lithium, which are still underground, the government has almost ran out of foreign currencies needed to import fuel, wheat and other foodstuffs.