November 5, 2020
The transition of a new government in Bolivia that will take place on Sunday, November 8 will be characterized, besides the protocol activity, by the ancestral ceremonies and other activities that will reflect the pluriculturality that Bolivia has, informed Freddy Bobaryn, of the Transition Commission of the Ministry of the Presidency in charge of the event on behalf of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS-Ipsp).
The activities will start on Saturday, with the arrival and reception of presidents, authorities and international delegations that will be present at the inauguration of Luis Arce Catacora and David Choquehanca as President and Vice President respectively.
On Sunday, at 7:00 a.m., the traditional k’oa will be held in the vicinity of Plaza Murillo, an act that will mean asking permission from Pachamama (Mother Earth) to open a good path during the presidential term, which will be in charge of the National Council of Amautas, an act that will involve the participation of social organizations and the Bolivian population in general.
That same day, from 8:30 am on, international guests will arrive at the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (PLA). At 10:00 the solemn session will begin and at 10:30 Arce and Choquehuanca are scheduled to arrive for the special session of the assembly. The central act consisting of the turnover of leadership will take place at 10:40 where they will be officially presented as the country’s representatives.
“There is an official transfer of power. This is an act that is carried out in a unique way in Bolivia because it fuses protocol acts with our uses, customs and our ancestral knowledge. It is a program that reflects our pluriculturality and somehow rescues those uses and customs that characterize the country,” Bobaryn said to Bolivision.
Later, after midday, Arce and Choquehuanca will be entering the hall of the Casa Grande del Pueblo, where they will greet the presidents of other countries and delegations invited to the event, and then take the official photograph and share a lunch with typical national food.
Ending at 3:00 pm there will be a march where all the social organizations, civic institutions, population and Armed Forces, will offer their greetings and tribute to the new leaders who were democratically elected with 55.10% of the Bolivian citizens vote.
Source Prensa, Binomio Mas-Ipsp, translation Resumen Latino Americano, North America bureau